Myanmar’s army closed the country’s airports and border crossings today (Tuesday), while more military forces are flowing into the major cities and in the country and disruptions continue in the communications networks.
Despite the military coup carried out yesterday, the leaders of the military junta fear a wave of civil protest led by the National Democratic League, the party that won a large majority in parliament. The party’s leader, Aung San Sochi, was arrested during last night’s coup.
Among the public, most of whom support the elected government, there were calls today to go out and demonstrate, and nonviolently oppose the rule of the military junta. Lee (pseudonym), a civil servant and a resident of Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar, told Israel Today: “The media is back just now. The army has sabotaged the telephone lines and dropped the cellular network. That the army did for us and the government we elected. “
Lee posted on her Facebook page pictures of pots and pans in which residents of her neighborhood are being beaten in order to express displeasure at the military coup. Lee called on her fellow civil servants to take part in the protest and oppose military rule. First cases of strikes have already been recorded when members of the medical staff refused to treat military personnel.
While the military was preparing to suppress possible demonstrations, around the world condemned the move and called on the military to release members of the government led by Aung San Sochi. US President Joe Biden today threatened to impose sanctions on military rule in Myanmar and called on the country to release political prisoners and restore democracy. The military carried out a military coup on the night between Sunday and Monday in Fig. Because the election results, in which the junta candidates lost, were falsified.