Junta Watch: No Rest for Military Veterans; Rewriting the Election Rules, and More

Also this week, the junta sent mixed messages to PDF members and a US diplomat delivered a scathing assessment of the regime’s failed efforts to control the country.

Also this week, striking teachers continued to reject the regime, and the coup maker hailed as hallowed ground the site where the pro-military 2008 charter was drafted.

Also this week, the regime said civil servants would once again have to undergo military training, and revived its fantasy of launching an electric rail system.

Also this week, the regime shows once again it is living in fantasyland, discussing plans for food security and tourism, even as it undermines both.

Also this week, the regime praised China as a model neighbor and warned the Arakan Army its patience has limits as the junta’s relations with the group continued to sour.

Also this week, the regime’s diplomatic spat with the UK escalated and Min Aung Hlaing resorted to old clichés about ‘foreign interference’

Also this week, the KIA spurned the junta’s ‘peace’ bid, an official tasked with crushing the PDF was replaced and the junta’s No. 2 tried to shore up sagging morale. 

Also this week, the regime goes into defensive mode as it puts its troops on “emergency alert” and Karen State has become the deadliest place in Myanmar for junta soldiers.

Also this week, the most high-profile regime official to be targeted so far was shot at her home, and foreign embassies complained about a harsh new foreign-exchange law.

Also this week, the coup boss was praised as a savior and said there would be no vote until ‘terrorists’ are wiped out, and the generals paid respects to their elders.  

Also this week, the junta said the NLD’s poll victories were social media propaganda, and responded to a US finding of genocide in Rakhine by blaming a few rogue troops.

Also this week, the UN called for steps to end the regime’s targeting of civilians and the ASEAN special envoy’s plan to meet with EAOs was scrapped.