'JOIN HANDS' WITH ARMY FOR DEMOCRACY: MYANMAR COUP LEADER

  • 12/02/2021

 Myanmar's coup leader used the country's Union Day holiday  to call on people to work with the military if they want democracy, a request likely to be met with derision by protesters who are pushing for the release from detention of their country's elected leaders.

"I would seriously urge the entire nation to join hands with the Tatmadaw for the successful realisation of democracy," Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said using the local term for the military.In addition to the military commander's message  in the Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper, the new junta also announced it would mark Union Day by releasing thousands of prisoners and reducing other inmates' sentences.

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