YANGON – Myanmar’s State Administration Council today changed the name of the President’s Office to the Office of State Administration Council, the Xinhua news agency reported.
The name of the Union Government Office’s was also replaced with the Office of State Administration Council, upon the council’s order.
The State Administration Council also formed a three-member press team to be led by Brigadier-General Zaw Min Tun.
The Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services recently formed the State Administration Council after the Myanmar army declared a one-year state of emergency and state power was handed over to Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing last Monday.
The declaration of the state of emergency came after the military detained President U Win Myint, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and other government figures of the National League for Democracy (NLD).
The military claims there was massive voting fraud in the parliamentary elections held in November last year, and demanded postponement of the new parliamentary session. The Union Election Commission dismissed the allegations.
The newly formed State Administration Council also reformed the Union Election Commission to review the electoral process of last year’s elections during the state of emergency.
The first regular session of the new Parliament sessions, which was scheduled to be convened on Monday, was also cancelled.
Following the declaration of the state of emergency, a major cabinet reshuffle was announced among ministers and union-level government organisations.
Meanwhile, the president and state counsellor are being remanded in custody until February 15 for violating natural disaster management and import-export laws.
The NLD have posted statements on its social media pages demanding the release of its detained leaders, acknowledgement of the results of the 2020 elections and the convening of the new parliamentary session.
Myanmar held multi-party general elections on November 8 last year and the ruling NLD won the majority of seats in both houses of the Union Parliament. – Bernama, February 6, 2021
