Editing Politics of Myanmar (section)

=== [[2021 Myanmar coup d'état]] ===
On 31 January 2021, it was reported by multiple media and news outlets that the military had [[2021 Myanmar coup d'état|staged a coup]] and members of the governing party, National League for Democracy, had been arrested and detained by the military. Bo Nagar, commander of the Burma National Revolutionary Army (BNRA), which is fighting against the military in Myanmar’s central regions, told CNN in November 2023, "It’s the beginning of the end of State Administration Council, we are already seeing it."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hancocks |first=Helen Regan, Angus Watson, Paula |date=2023-11-28 |title=Myanmar civil war: Opponents vow 'beginning of the end' for junta as resistance fighters launch nationwide offensive |url=https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/11/28/asia/myanmar-nationwide-offensive-junta-intl-hnk |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> These conflicts arose after the NLD had claimed victory after a successful election in November 2020. While the military contested the results of the election claiming fraudulent without any proof or investigation.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Huang |first=Kai-Ping |date=July 2022 |title=Myanmar's 2020 Election: Explaining the Strong Performance of the NLD and Some Ethnic Parties |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-east-asian-studies/article/myanmars-2020-election-explaining-the-strong-performance-of-the-nld-and-some-ethnic-parties/687A67E93414EFD92AB4904607E7A8EF |journal=Journal of East Asian Studies |language=en |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=309–331 |doi=10.1017/jea.2022.10 |issn=1598-2408|doi-access=free }}</ref> This situation was followed by the military performing coup d'état on 1 February 2021, taking the presidential powers from the NLD government by brute force. Shortly after taking control of the government, the military began breaking the [[Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement]] by taking aggressive actions in territories controlled by its signers.