The military called falsified the results of parliamentary elections and called for an investigation. But the election commission did not find evidence in support of fraud statements.
On February 1, President Myanmar Win Miine and the Leader of the National League for Democracy, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Aun Sub Suh, were detained. A spokesman for the ruling batch of Mio Newn called the attempted military coup.
According to the TASS, owned by the military television network Myawaddy reported that the military countries announced the introduction of a state of emergency for a period of one year.
The statement on the introduction of the PE regime was signed by the Vice-President Miine Sve. The military declared him acting president.
At the same time, as mentioned in the report, the government in the country was transferred to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of General Min Aun Hlaina.
According to Reuters, the military explained that the decision on the introduction of a state of emergency was made due to the above, in their opinion, falsifications on just the parliamentary elections.
The armed forces declared plans to hold elections after the abolition of a state of emergency and to form a new government, the Xinhua Agency reports.
According to the agency, the army took control of various government agencies, as well as the executive and legislative authorities both in the capital of the country and in certain regions of Myanmar.
Military hold parliamentarians in the deputy residence in the capital of Nypjido, Reuters reported. The trucks of the Armed Forces blocked the departures from the residential complex, where the deputies live during parliament meetings.
The central streets of the largest city of Yangon are patrolled by the military, "local residents behave calmly, some of them are discussing detentions," said Xinhua.
According to preliminary data, about 30 people were detained, including representatives of the Central Executive Committee of the ruling party, deputies and members of the regional government.
In the country with interruptions, the Internet is running, state television channels are disabled.
The Association of Banks announced that all financial institutions in the country are temporarily closed, explaining this by a bad Internet connection.
On the Aun San Su Zhi page on Facebook published a call to the people against the coup.
