The military-controlled Union Election Commission (UEC) declared that only 102 townships out of the country’s 330 townships will be included in the elections starting on 28 December 2025. That is only 31% of the total electoral constituencies.
Why is the other 69% excluded? Because the majority townships were liberated from military rule by the People’s Defence Force (PDF) and Ethnic Revolutionary Organizations (EROs) fighting to restore democracy. In addition, dozens of townships are under attack by the military. The ruling military junta is conducting aerial bombing – including bombing schools and homes – to take back control.
That is also why the so-called voting begins on 28 December 2025 as phase one and continues for two or three months. This is engineered to give the military more time to forcibly take control of more townships.
If the number if townships included by the military-controlled Union Election Commission (UEC) increases beyond 31% before 28 December or during the three-month election period, it is only because the junta has retaken control through military offensives against the people, at great cost to life.
