The army again captured power in Myanmar on Monday. The army arrested the country's supreme leader and state counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and several senior leaders, including President Win Mint. Since independence, Myanmar has been ruled by the military most of the time. In the year 1962, the army came to power here. Aung San Suu Kyi had fought a 22-year-long battle for freedom of the countrymen from the dictatorship of the army and the restoration of democracy. Let us know why the political crisis arose in Myanmar, who are Aung San Suu Kyi and Army Chief General Min Aung Hlaing, what will be the effect on India…
In Myanmar, military activities had suddenly intensified for the past several days, due to which the fear of a coup was taking place in the minds of the people, but their fears turned into reality late on Sunday night. Now soldiers are stationed in important buildings of the capital Nepeta. Armored vehicles are patrolling the streets. Internet is still closed in many cities. Most government buildings are occupied by the army. The broadcasting of TV channels has been stopped.
First condition and then power changed
Internet is closed in major cities including Myanmar's capital Nepeta and phone service has also been stopped in some places. The telecast of the official channel MRTV has been shut down and it has cited technical problems for it. But when people woke up from sleep on Monday morning, the command of the country had gone to the army. In the morning, when people came to know about the change of power at midnight, people went to the markets and started shopping fiercely. It was also opposed by some people, who were already deployed by soldiers to silence them.
Cause of political crisis
In fact, in the elections held in November last year, Suu Kyi's party won 396 of the 476 seats in the combined lower and upper houses of parliament, but the military had 25 of the total seats under the 2008 military-draft constitution. Percent reserved. Several key ministerial posts are also reserved for the military. After the results, the army there raised questions on it. The army has accused Suu Kyi's party of rigging the election. The Army has also complained to the President and the Election Commission about this in the Supreme Court.
Suu Kyi fought alone against military dictatorship for 22 years
Aung San Suu Kyi started a fight in 1988 to gain independence from the dictatorship of the army in Myanmar. Under his leadership, in 1989, thousands of people took to the streets of the then capital Yangon to demand democracy. However, the Suu Kyi movement was weakened by the strength of the army and they were placed under house arrest. For the next 22 years, the command of the country remained in the hands of the army. Out of these, 21 years were under house arrest. Finally came the day, in 2011, the government was elected in place of the army.
Suu Kyi made State Counselor
Aung San Suu Kyi's party National League for Democracy (NLD) won the election. According to the constitution, she could not contest the presidential election. So Suu Kyi was made State Counselor. Representatives of the army were appointed to be present in the Parliament.
Popularity decreased, then came to protest on his own
In the second election held in 2015, Suu Kyi won a landslide victory. However, his popularity began to decline due to the weak economy, military supremacy in the government, and inadequate handling of Rohingya Muslims. The situation became such that in 1988 activists fighting against the army stood up against Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy.
Army chief's hands are stained with the blood of Rohingyas
General Min Aung Hlaing, who led the coup, is notorious worldwide for his brutality. In 2012, there was a civil war in Rakhine province. Here the army was accused of atrocities of Rohingyas. Myanmar's army launched a bloody campaign in Rakhine province in August 2017, killing thousands of Rohingya Muslims. Not only this, five lakh Rohingya Muslims had to leave the country and flee to neighboring Bangladesh and other countries.
Rohingya: The strength of the army increased, Hsu was fiercely criticized
The government could not take any concrete steps to handle the situation in Rakhine province. The army benefited from this and it became stronger than the government. During the atrocities on the Rohingya Muslims, Nobel laureate Aung Sang Suu Kyi kept silent, which led to worldwide criticism.