Many analysts who study Myanmar have been asking the same question: Why now? Under the 2008 constitution, which was designed and implemented by the military, the military enjoyed complete autonomy from the civilian government, retained power over key ministries, and had an effective veto over all legislation in Parliament.
Military generals had a lot of power even before the coup. Penn Today spoke to Edwards about the current situation in Myanmar, the escalating protests and what the international community should do. and Penn, wrapped up her work in Myanmar in March. Following the coup, the NRPC has been disbanded.Įdwards, who is also a recipient of a Thouron Award, a graduate exchange program between the U.K. The NPRC was the civilian-government entity responsible for administering the peace negotiations with Myanmar’s various ethnic armed organizations. She was also the first foreign legal consultant to be embedded within the civilian government’s National Reconciliation and Peace Center (NRPC) from 2017 to 2019. candidate at the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law, previously worked as an independent legal consultant in Myanmar, where she consulted with organizations including the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development, the United Nations, the Asia Foundation and local rule-of-law NGOs. Now, an outpouring of citizens has taken to the streets to protest the coup and demand that the civilian government be restored. Myanmar’s elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested, and other top figures from the ruling party were detained. 1, Myanmar’s military launched a coup and seized control of the government, less than a decade after the nation began its transition to democracy.
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