Myanmar's military government has lifted a curfew - a curfew - in its three largest cities so citizens can celebrate the New Year outside, with the opposition warning that law enforcement could provoke violence and blame it on the pro-democracy movement.
The Yangon city government lifted the curfew from midnight to 1 a.m. only on January XNUMX, when there is a New Year's party with fireworks in the city park.
Residents of the capital Naypyidaw and the second largest, Mandalay, confirmed that the curfew had been lifted and that there would also be celebrations outside.
In February 2021, the army seized power in Myanmar, which has been in a civil war since then, according to the United Nations. The military government often carries out actions against the rebels, and the guerrillas clash with all those who support the government.
That is why the opposition claims that the organization of public New Year's celebrations is just propaganda by the army to show the world that the situation in that country has "returned to normal".
Opposition groups have warned citizens not to go to the celebration organized by the army, which could provoke violence and blame it on the guerrillas of the People's Defense Forces - a wing of the banned main pro-democracy movement in Myanmar, which also calls itself the Government of National Unity.
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