Myanmar: first elections since military coup

缅甸:自军事政变以来的首次选举

Newshour

2025-12-28

43 分钟
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In the coming hours, the people of Myanmar will get their first opportunity to vote in an election since the military seized power in a coup in 2021. The poll has been delayed several times by the ruling junta and many consider that a change is unlikely. We hear about the circumstances surrounding these elections in Myanmar and from a member of the Burmese resitance in exile. Also in the programme: President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine is in Canada ahead of his meeting with Donald Trump on Sunday; China's first documented case of a tiger having quintuplets in the wild; and a tribute to Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist of The Cure who has died aged 65. (PHOTO: People walk past an election banner ahead of a general election in Thingangyun Township, Yangon, Myanmar, December 27, 2025. CREDIT: REUTERS/Stringer)
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  • First up on the program today, in the run-up to elections in Myanmar,

  • which begin in less than two and a half hours time,

  • it's been difficult to inspire enthusiasm in many voters.

  • A civil war, a humanitarian crisis,

  • and the fact that a military dictatorship is organising the vote,

  • are serious obstacles to democracy in the Asian country,