Yangon ¨C Myanmar¡¯s junta ended its state of emergency on Thursday after 4? years, ramping up plans for a December election that opposition groups pledged to boycott and monitors said will be used to consolidate the military¡¯s power.
The military declared a state of emergency in February 2021 as it deposed the civilian government of democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi, sparking a multi-sided civil war that has claimed thousands of lives.
The order gave junta chief Min Aung Hlaing supreme power over the legislature, executive and judiciary ¡ª but he has recently touted elections as an off-ramp to the conflict.
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