Yangon: The protesters crashed into the streets in Myanmar on Wednesday to mark the 2006 warning students’ protest against the first junta in the country, vowed to oppose its newest incarnation more than five months after it seized power.
Myanmar has been in chaos since the generals overthrew the Government Aung San Suu Kyi in February, with pro-democracy protests filled with brutal military crackers that have killed more than 880, according to the local monitoring group.
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About a hundred protesters moved quickly through the commercial capital Yangon early Wednesday, said an AFP journalist, to mark the protest of the University of Yangon 1962 against the imposition of the first military government in Myanmar.
Hundreds of killed by troops and thousands disappeared in brutal harsh acts, many saw repeated almost seven decades later.
“Let’s root in the fascist army,” they shouted, because some release smoke bombs with orange and blue.
“Keep the spirit of July 7 and fight military dictatorship.” Two minutes later they went – spread quickly on the roadside or jumped into the car waiting – the informant had told the police to the flashmobs and the previous protesters had been arrested.
Dozens also gathered in the second city of Mandalay holding signs and in the Central Sagana region, protesters burned the army flag, pictures on local media showed.
Myanmar has been ruled almost continuously by the military since 1962, only more than a decade since the independence from England.
It emerged from the direct military government in 2011, imposing economic and political reform, including multiparty elections.
National League Suy Kyi for democracy won the majority pounding in general elections in 2015 and again in 2020, reducing the party supported by the main military to the opposition.
Protests drawing hundreds of thousands to the streets in February and March have provided a more agile road in the face of brutal harsh acts that have seen security forces use semi-automatic weapons on protesters.
Junta has confirmed its power seizures as a means to protect democracy, accusing fraud in November elections whose Suu Kyi won the landslide.