Australia says Myanmar army must discharge elected leaders 'immediately'
01 February, 2021
Australia on Monday (Feb 1) demanded that Myanmar's army immediately launching de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other elected leaders, warning the army was "once more seeking to seize control" of the country.
"We call on the armed service to respect the guideline of law, to solve disputes through lawful mechanisms and to release immediately all civilian leaders and other people who have already been detained unlawfully," international minister Marise Payne stated in a statement.
Suu Kyi and President Win Myint were detained early Mon as part of an apparent coup, after their National League for Democracy won an election landslide.
Myanmar's polls found in November were only the next democratic elections the country has seen because it emerged from the 49-year grip of army rule in 2011.
"We strongly support the peaceful reconvening of the National Assembly, regular with the outcomes of the November 2020 standard election," Payne said.
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