ASEAN will not certify Myanmar election or send observers, Malaysia says

KUALA LUMPUR: The 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations will not send observers to army-ruled Myanmar’s ongoing three-stage election and will therefore not ​endorse the poll, Malaysia’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. Myanmar has been ravaged by conflict since the military staged a coup against a civilian government in 2021. The election, which began in December last year, has been criticized by the United Nations, many Western countries and rights groups as a ploy to legitimize military ‌rule through political proxies — ‌a charge the junta has ‌denied.

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