Myanmar Election Watch

A resource for factual and balanced information on the sham election proposed by the Myanmar junta

[Myanmar Election Watch @MMElectionWatch]

Our new blog explains why the sham election proposed by Min Aung Hlaing will only create more violence in Myanmar.

https://t.co/wstChpazv9

#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

[maggi @maggiquadrini]

My latest for @Myanmar_Now_Eng on how the sham election by the military junta will have disastrous impacts on women and girls, in yet another setback for gender equality in #Burma.

https://t.co/3Q3ByLPnRU

[Myanmar Election Watch @MMElectionWatch]

BREAKING: Myanmar junta to conduct the first part of the "election" on 28th December.
More to follow.
#whatshappeninginmyanmar

[Matthew Tostevin @TostevinM]

Myanmar’s junta is still bombing in spite of a devastating earthquake and a ceasefire announced by some opponents in the face of the disaster, reports @IrrawaddyNews. Air raids even took place near the epicentre as well as northern Shan State, it said. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

[DVB English News @DVB_English]

The ASEAN Special Envoy on Myanmar Othman Hashim met with the National Unity Government, the Karen National Union, the KNPP, the Chin National Front, and the New Mon State Party-AD in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday. https://t.co/W667lpqajU #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

[Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma @DocumentationNd]

Today, ND-Burma releases a new report: 📌Defending Democracy: Four Years Since the Failed Coup in Burma, examining the key movements and significant events that have influenced the Revolution. #HRDs continue to resist

PR: https://t.co/heAweZ9V8s
Report: https://t.co/6filc7Gq37

[Ye Myo Hein @YeMyoHein5]

The military junta in Myanmar has extended the state of emergency for another six months, despite pressure from China and expectations from some regional countries for the holding of elections.

[Myanmar Election Watch @MMElectionWatch]

A broad international rejection of the upcoming electoral exercise would send a powerful message that the global community does not condone the junta's tactics of political suppression and manipulation.
Follow our blog for more election-related content: https://t.co/NjZH5FZB4P

[Myanmar Election Watch @MMElectionWatch]

A thread on how Myanmar junta and junta-appointed Union Election Commission (UEC) marginalizes the main opposition parties that won majority of seats in previous elections 🧵 more below

[Myanmar Election Watch @MMElectionWatch]

By abolishing major opposition parties that consistently secured majority of seats in previous elections, the junta has effectively marginalized the most popular opposition.

[Myanmar Election Watch @MMElectionWatch]

Our latest blog explains why Cambodia is not a credible election observer for Myanmar's junta-proposed "election."

Read more at: https://t.co/usU9PoXbKb
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

[DVB English News @DVB_English]

The Cambodian People’s Party will send a delegation to observe regime elections tentatively scheduled for November 2025 at the invitation of the military-proxy Union and Solidarity Development Party.
Photo Credit: AKP
#Myanmar #Cambodia
Read more: https://t.co/roPY2ZyhgY

[Myanmar Election Watch @MMElectionWatch]

"For Cambodia’s CPP to act as an election monitor for Myanmar is an irony not lost on observers. A regime that actively dismantles democratic processes cannot credibly oversee an election under a military dictatorship."
Read our new blog: https://t.co/mKbqsMx4ZZ
#Myanmar

[Myanmar Election Watch @MMElectionWatch]

@DerekTonkinUK We're currently preparing a resource pack to dismantle the military's "electoral fraud" claims. It will be published on our website in due course.

[Myanmar Election Watch @MMElectionWatch]

From approving/rejecting parties' registrations to launching a website & mobile app to perpetuate Myanmar military's fabricated 'electoral fraud' narrative... here's a recap of junta-appointed UEC's activities in Nov 2024:
https://t.co/jaKITHkM8v
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

[Progressive Voice @PVamplify]

276 Myanmar & Europe groups call on @Europarl_EN to:
📌 Denounce junta’s plan for sham election
📌 Support legitimate democracy efforts & local governance @NUGMyanmar
📌 Pursue justice for atrocities committed

@EP_President @iwiseler @guetta_en @RimaHas
https://t.co/aOXMNhSMY9