Myanmar will hold nationwide elections beginning Dec. 28, setting a date for polls that have been denounced as a sham to normalize the army’s 2021 seizure of power even as much of the country is wrack

Myanmar will hold the initial phase of its general election on December 28, state television said on Monday, outlining a roadmap for the first polls in the war-torn country in nearly five years that have already been derided by critics as a sham.

Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing is currently acting president, while also serving as the chief of the armed forces which has ruled the country for most of its post-independence history. A running tally of attacks,