Myanmar to hold first general elections in five years

The army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021

Myanmar will hold the first phase of a general election on December 28, the country’s first polls in five years after a military coup in 2021.

Western governments and the United Nations have questioned the fairness of the Southeast Asian country’s three-phase elections.

Myanmar’s 80-year-old former leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and her party are not taking part in the election.