Myanmar¡¯s powerful military has triggered worry about a coup after threatening to ¡°take action¡± over alleged fraud in a November election won by the party of Aung San Suu Kyi, just days before a new parliament convenes.
The military¡¯s allegations of voter list irregularities have been accompanied by cryptic comments about abolishing the constitution that have captured public attention and raised the specter of a coup in a country ruled by the military for half a century after a 1962 military takeover.
The National League for Democracy (NLD) led by Suu Kyi, a former political prisoner and figurehead of Myanmar¡¯s long struggle against dictatorship, won 83% of available seats in the Nov. 8 election seen as a referendum on her fledgling democratic government.
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