KUALA LUMPUR: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations will not endorse elections in military-ruled Myanmar, Malaysia’s
foreign minister said Tuesday, citing concerns over the lack of inclusive and free participation.
Myanmar’s military-backed political party appeared headed for a parliamentary majority after the second round of voting earlier this
month in the country’s first general election since the army ousted a civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021.
The takeover triggered widespread opposition that has grown into a civil war.
Human rights and opposition groups
say the polls were neither free nor fair and are an effort by the military to legitimise its rule.