The third and final round of general elections, which lasted for a month in Myanmar, has begun.
Elchi.az reports with reference to the Associated Press that polling stations have been opened in approximately 60 cities and towns.
Preliminary results show that the country’s ruling military junta and its allies have already gained a parliamentary majority to form a new government.
Critics claim that these elections are neither free nor fair and are intended to legitimize the military’s stay in power after ousting the elected civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021.
The Solidarity and Development Party, backed by the military, has already won most of the seats contested in the first two rounds of voting. Twenty-five percent of the seats in the upper and lower houses of the National Assembly are reserved for the military, giving them and their allies control of the legislature.
General Min Aung Hlaing, who heads the current military government, is expected to serve as president when the new parliament convenes.
It should be reminded that the first round of elections in Myanmar was held on December 28 last year in 102 cities, and the second round was held on January 11 in 100 cities.