With the opposition either boycotting or barred from running, the poll has been dismissed by the West as a ruse to keep the junta in power.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Myanmar Junta has announced that it will hold the long-promised elections beginning on December 28, 2025. According to Al Jazeera report, the Union Election Commission declared on Monday, August 18, that the elections will be held in phases.

Myanmar’s military government says national elections will begin on 28 December 2025, despite a civil war, Aung San Suu Kyi’s continued imprisonment, opposition boycotts and UN warnings the vote is a “fraud”.