Myanmar’s junta released details of its long-awaited December elections on Thursday, saying the first voting phase would cover about a third of the nation’s townships — despite the conflict raging around the Southeast Asian country.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Myanmar Junta has announced that it will hold the long-promised elections beginning on December 28, 2025. According to Al Jazeera report, the Union Election Commission declared on Monday, August 18, that the elections will be held in phases.

Myanmar's junta said Monday that long-promised elections will start on December 28, despite a raging civil war that has put much of the country out of its control, and international monitors slating the poll as a charade.