With Myanmar's pro-democracy movement not fully behind the National League for Democracy (NLD) government, which was ousted in the military coup on Feb. 1, 2021, nor the group representing lawmakers elected in 2020 but ousted in the coup: The National Unity Government (NUG), the military is holding elections to legitimize its rule once again.

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