US warns of reaction after Myanmar army detains Aung San Suu Kyi, officers
The United States has advised Myanmar’s army to “to stick to democratic norms and the rule of thumb of regulation” and liberate detained officers, together with de facto chief Aung San Suu Kyi, and warned of a reaction from Washington over the obvious coup.
A banner supporting the rustic’s de facto chief Aung San Suu Kyi is pictured on a side road in Yangon on February 1, 2021, as Myanmar’s army detained the rustic’s de facto chief Aung San Suu Kyi and the rustic’s president in a coup. (Symbol: AFP)
The US on Sunday advised Myanmar’s army to liberate detained officers, together with de facto chief Aung San Suu Kyi, and warned of a reaction from Washington over the obvious coup.
Suu Kyi and the rustic’s president had been taken into custody after weeks of emerging tensions between the army and the civilian govt over allegations of fraud in November’s elections.
“The US opposes any try to regulate the result of new elections or obstruct Myanmar’s democratic transition, and can take motion towards the ones accountable if those steps aren’t reversed,” White Area spokeswoman Jen Psaki stated in a commentary.
We “urge the army and all different events to stick to democratic norms and the rule of thumb of regulation, and to liberate the ones detained lately,” she added.
The army closing week signaled it will grasp energy to settle its claims of irregularities within the polls, which Suu Kyi’s Nationwide League for Democracy (NLD) party received simply.
