Why this military coup in Myanmar?

Tensions between Aung San Suu Kyi and her government have been simmering for weeks. Following this, the Myanmar army seized power on Monday. The first session of Myanmar's parliament was scheduled for today. On the same day, the army detained Suu Kyi, Myanmar's president and other senior officials. The cause of the sudden military coup in Myanmar has been revealed in an analysis by AFP.

Suu Kyi's party, The National League for Democracy, won 63 percent of the seats in the November 8 election. It was the second round of elections since the end of military rule in 2011. However, the Myanmar army accused of rigging the election. The crisis started from here.

The way the crisis started

In 2016, Suu Kyi played a key role in the expulsion of the country's Rohingya minority. There is criticism in the international arena about this. Nevertheless, Aung San Suu Kyi is still very popular in Myanmar.

Suu Kyi won a landslide victory in the National League for Democracy elections in November last year. Suu Kyi's party won more votes that year than in 2015. Then Nobel laureate Suu Kyi came to power. The junta government has been in power in Myanmar for more than 70 years. The country's military alleges the vote was rigged. The military says it has evidence of more than a million vote-rigging allegations. The army has demanded that the voter list be submitted to the government-run Election Commission for verification and selection.

Army Chief General Min Aung Hlaing warned in a statement a few days ago that Myanmar's constitution should be repealed. Then the tension escalated. Last week, army tanks were deployed on the streets of the commercial area of ​​Yangon, the capital Naypyidaw and other areas. Army supporters protested the election results. In the continuation of all this, an army coup took place today.