Vice-Chairman of State Administration Council holds videoconferencing with Special Envoy of UNSG for Myanmar

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services and Commander-in-Chief (Army), in his capacity as Vice-Chairman of the State Administration Council, held a videoconference with Ms Christine Schraner Burgener, the Special Envoy of UN Secretary-General for Myanmar yesterday.
At the meeting, the Vice-Senior General talked about the situations of the country before, during and after the elections and announced the state of emergency, the provisions of 2008 Constitution, laws and bylaws relating to Union Election Commission, press releases and briefings, fraud of voter lists for over 10.4 million of voters, the response of UEC, refusal of Hluttaw Speaker to the requests of 25 per cent MPs to convene a special session of Hluttaw during its second session, President’s Office denial for holding the National Defence and Security Council, and preparations for the Third Hluttaw session.
He also explained the actions of Tatmadaw in line with 2008 Constitution, formation of the State Administration Council, local-level councils, and the different bodies at self-administered division/zones-level and districts/townships-level.
The UNSG’s Special Envoy raised queries and the Vice-Senior General discussed them.
The soft copies of announcements, press briefing and some discussions were also sent to the UNSG.—MNA(Translated by AK)