Myanmar Elections Amidst Civil War and Deepening Humanitarian Crisis

Myanmar is set to commence a multi-phase general election on December 28, 2025, amidst an escalating civil war and severe humanitarian crisis. Critics widely dismiss the polls as a military junta-orchestrated sham to legitimize its rule.

• Myanmar's general election starts December 28, 2025, in multiple phases.
• The polls are widely seen as a military junta's attempt to legitimize its rule.
• An intense civil war, triggered by the 2021 coup, continues across the country.
• A severe humanitarian crisis grips Myanmar, with millions displaced and facing hunger.
• International observers and human rights groups deem the election neither free nor fair.
• Over 3.6 million people are displaced, and 20 million need aid in Myanmar.

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