On 01 February 2021, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing (MAH), C-in-C Defence Services Myanmar Tatmadaw announced a takeover after an interlude of ten years of partial democracy in the country. Declaring a state of emergency for a year he announced the formation of the State Administrative Council (SAC), very akin to its earlier avatar of State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) and State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) for overseeing all functions of the country so as to prevent it from falling into an “abyss of unending problems.”

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The Military Coup in Myanmar and Thereafter