At a time when Myanmar was leapfrogging to give a sound footing to its nascent experiment of democracy after decades of military rule, the military takeover on 1 February put the clock back to where it was with debilitating consequences. The junta remains unmoved to the global outcry and killing of the civilian protestors. After the military takeover, the National League for Democracy (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained on spurious charges together with other democratically elected leaders. With this, the arrangement between the military and the elected representatives to run the government suddenly came to a nought.
https://www.vifindia.org/article/2021/may/04/myanmar-s-return-to-tragic-past-set-for-a-long-haul
