E-PAPER - In the wake of the coup: how Myanmar youth

The Committee Represen- ting Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), formed by politicians purporting to represent the elected members of the government prevented from forming on 1 February by the coup, and the National Unity Government (NUG) in exile, formed in turn by approval from the CRPH, leads the diplomatic front and provides an alternative national political leadership to the military; however, as disc. [...] But I had a good five years when I did not need to be afraid of anyone”.[28] The timing of the coup less than four months after the November 2020 elections that so many in Myanmar participated in with pride, and the fact that the military used electoral fraud as its excuse to arrest incoming politicians and seize power, was a key factor turning youths into activists in the early weeks after the co. [...] The military claimed the coup was constitutional, as the military-nominated vice president transferred power to the military commander-in-chief in the absence of the president (who under the constitution, must be absent for a significant reason, such as inca- pacitation or death).[33] However, the elected president claimed in court that he was forced to retire on grounds of “ill health”, before he. [...] This group’s strategy is to endorse local, regional and international recognition of the NUG government and to cut support to the military by boycotting taxes and military businesses, and discouraging international economic cooperation and payments to the military, as well as collecting evidence of military crimes for prosecution under the new government. [...] In the wake of the coup: how Myanmar youth arose to fight for the nation 10/ 18 The Federalists want to end the military rule in conjunction with strong federalism.