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The new law prohibits any discourse or organization seen as trying to “destroy part of the electoral process.”
The Myanmar Military Government has imposed new sanctions on protesting its planned elections, as critics may face years in prison on charges of opposition.
The new global Myanmar light said that the new law is valid on Tuesday, months before the elections were expected at the end of this year.
The legislation prohibits “any speech, organization, incitement, protest, or distribution of publications in order to destroy part of the electoral process” – which criticized opposition groups and international screens as a means of supporting military rule.
Prosecutors are violating the law from three to seven years in prison, with mass crimes punishable by five to 10 years.
The law also criminalizes the destruction of ballot papers or polling stations, intimidating or harming voters, candidates or election workers – with sentences of up to 20 years. The law says: “If anyone is killed during an attempt to disrupt the elections,” everyone who participates in the crime faces the death penalty. “
The Military Government in Myanmar seized power in the 2021 coup, which pushed a multi -side civil war, and the country’s areas remain outside the control of the army. Some workers in the country’s statistics published last year to collect data before the poll faced resistance and security threats.
The temporary results said that the data cannot be collected from an estimated 19 million people from the country, which number 51 million people.
Analysts have predicted that countless anti -cup combat groups and ethnic armed groups fighting the army may start from attacks in the period leading up to vote as a sign of their opposition.
The United Nations expert called on the international community last month to reject the election plan as a “fraud”.
Tom Andrews, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar, said the army “is trying to create Mirage to practice elections that will create a legitimate civil government.”
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2025-07-30 11:15:00