Myanmar ends state of emergency before planned elections | Politics News

General Min Aung Hlaing to lead an 11-member commission to supervise the elections, expected in December.

Myanmar’s military government has declared the end of a state of emergency as it ramps up plans for elections, which opposition groups have pledged to boycott and monitors warn will be used to consolidate the military’s hold on power under leader Min Aung Hlaing.

Military government spokesman Zaw Min Tun made the announcement on Thursday, four and a half years after the military…