Elections in Myanmar: Junta begins census
October 3, 20242 Mins Read
International Desk: Census work has started in Myanmar to update the voter list for the 2025 elections. The census began in the country on Wednesday amid a boycott by various anti-junta political parties and armed groups.

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Confirming this information to the news agency AFP, a spokesperson of the ruling junta said, "A joint team of school teachers, government officials, police and army personnel is conducting all the work of the census. Their security is being looked after by junior army personnel who have just completed their military training.”

Myanmar media Irrawaddy reported that the members of the census management team are going from house to house in the capital Naypyidaw and other small towns and villages. Due to the threat of attacks by anti-junta armed groups, the military government has provided tight security for the members of the census conducting team. According to the schedule, the census work will continue till October 15.

The China Brotherhood Alliance (CBA), an armed anti-junta political group in Myanmar's western state of China, called the census a "strategy to stay in power longer" by the junta in a statement on Wednesday. Along with that, CBA has also warned the people that if they participate in the census, 'the results will not be good'.

"The CBA hereby informs everyone that if anyone in our area participates in the military council's census work, effective action will be taken against him," the statement said.

It should be noted that on June 28, Junta chief General Min Aung Hlaing went to Myanmar's second largest city, Mandalay, to attend a military event. At that event, he announced that elections will be held in Myanmar in 2025.

General Min Aung Hlaing has announced the election several times before this. Last year in July last year, Hlaing said, October 2023 will be in Myanmar.

But neither he nor the military government led by him kept the promise. There are doubts whether he will be able to keep his promise this time as well. Because since last December, various armed political groups against the junta have become widely active in various provinces of Myanmar. In the face of attacks by these groups, the army forces are forced to retreat in many areas.

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According to international security analysts, various anti-junta armed groups currently control at least one-fifth of Myanmar's total territory.

Source: The Irrawaddy