The Myanmar Coup

d'état
Work done by: Filipe Ferreira no10 12SE
History of the country
• Myanmar is a country located in South Asia
and borders countries like India,
Bangladesh, Thailand, etc...
• It was an english colony until 1948, when
the country became independent.
• After the independence, Myanmar lived a
small period of democratic rise but in 1962
happened the first millitary coup.
• Despite all the democratic reforms in recent
years, Myanmar's armed forces always
retained powerful influence
including control of the defense, border
affairs and home affairs ministries, and
since 2008 they have 25% of seats in
parliament and veto power.
The Myanmar's 2021 Coup
d'état and the motivations
behind it
• In 2015, the party National League for Democracy
(NLD) won the elections with more than 80% of the
vote, ending decades of military rule.
• In last year's november elections the military-
backed parties were humiliated and lost again to
NLD that had a huge % of votes.
• The military group and their parties, frustrated with
the results, started to spread false information
about an alleged fraud election and accused NLD of
manipulating the vote count.
• These accusations are not supported by any
evidences and domestic and international
observers said that there were no major
irregularities.
The Myanmar's 2021 Coup d'ét
at 
 and the motivations behind it

• The military coup happened on 1st February.

• In the early hours, the army's TV
nation announced that power have been
handed over commander-in-chief Min Aung
Hlaing and declared a year-long state of
emergency.
• Myanmar prime minister Ms Suu Kyi, the
president Win Myint and other
government leaders have been arrested by
the military group.
• To justify the act, they use once again the
speech of "doing it for the sake of the
population" and "the elections were
defrauded".
Who is Aung San
Suu Kyi?
• She was the Counsellor of Myanmar (equivalent to Prime
Minister) until the military coup, when she was arrested.
• Aung San Suu Kyi became world-famous in the 1990s for
campaigning to restore democracy.
• She spent nearly 15 years in detention between 1989 and
2010, after organizing rallies calling for democratic reform
and free elections.
• She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while under house
arrest in 1991.
• In 2015, she led the NLD to victory in Myanmar's first
openly contested election in 25 years.
 The reaction of the population – The pro-
democracy protests against the military coup
• Hundreds of thousands of people have been
heavily protesting over the coup fighting for
the restore of democracy and for their rights as
citizens, including the right to choose who they
want to govern the country.
• Protesters include teachers, lawyers, students,
bank officers, government workers...
• Police and military forces are responding with
violence, using tear gas, rubber bullets and even
real ammunition.
• Two people have already been shot and killed,
including a 20 year-old girl, and hundreds of
people have been injured and arrested.
What was the international
reaction to the coup?

• The UK, EU and Australia

are among those to have
condemned the military
takeover.
• UN Secretary-General
António Guterres said it was
a "serious blow to
democratic reforms" and US
President Joe Biden has
threatened to reinstate
sanctions.
 The future of
Myanmar's Democracy
• The future of the country's democracy is still
very uncertain, but there are clearly a lot of
signs of resistance against the coup.
• Covid-19 is one of the obstacles of protesters
since the country is being very affected by the
pandemic.
• A lot of people from different generations
believe that Suu Kyi is the only hope of saving
democracy but since she's arrested, young
democracy activists have a big role on fighting
against the coup.
Webliography
• https://guiadoestudante.abril.com.br/
• https://www.bbc.com/
• https://time.com/
• https://www.dw.com/