“We will perform real multi-party democracy ... with complete balance and fairness,” a statement on the army’s official Facebook page said, adding that power would be transferred after “holding a free and fair general election”.
The military had earlier declared a state of emergency and handed power to the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, to take control of the country for one year, following its allegations of fraud in the November general election, which Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party won by a landslide.
