Myanmar junta extends state of emergency, delaying polls

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 31, 2023 7:55 pm

YANGON: Myanmar's National Defense and Security Council agreed Monday to extend the country's state of emergency by six months, state media said, likely delaying elections the junta had pledged to hold by August.

Acting president Myint Swe announced the decision to prolong the state of emergency — declared when the generals toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's government in February 2021 — for another six months, according to state broadcaster MRTV.

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