Myanmar coup leader, General Min Aung Hlaing, has banned social media websites in order to suppress citizens following his statements on the election. General Hlaing has stated that he would only serve for six months after the state of emergency order, but also insisted he could stay in power after. Citizens have been holding protests and rioting to get their voices heard. The United Nations, along with individual states, have condemned the imprisonment of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other state officials. While the UN has not criticized the coup directly, they assured the citizens of Myanmar that they would bring more attention from global power to resolve the conflict.
Myanmar’s coup has not influenced the region very much. Neighboring Thailand and Bangladesh, Myanmar has the power to be a great leader, yet the lack of resources and help has been heavily impacting them. The coup has not received global recognition, which makes the conflict worsens the problem day by day. After arresting protestors, censorship is just the next step in Hlaing’s anti-coup crackdown that makes it harder for citizens to get the attention they need to end the coup. Citizens deserve to be governed by their elected official, but it’s the least of any global power’s problems. This coup can lead to Myanmar becoming a failed state and immigration issues.
The lack of support from the UN and individual states for the people of Myanmar can be defined as a collective goods problem. Ideally, the UN would come in and help reconstruct Myanmar’s government with elected leader Kyi governing. Realistically, states don’t want to help other states that don’t benefit them. Myanmar is a less developed country, therefore states are not willing to waste resources and money to build them up. It is also common for LDCs to be a cycle dealing with coups and human rights violations that will take decades to resolve completely.