Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan urged his compatriots on Monday to not let the nation descend right into a state of affairs much like Myanmar, warning that the nation is at a crossroads the place it may well change into Myanmar or resist like Türkiye.
“Immediately we stand at a turning level in our constitutional historical past the place we will be like Turkiye or change into one other Myanmar. Everybody should select whether or not they stand, as PTI does, with the Structure, Rule of Legislation & democracy; or with a corrupt mafia, regulation of the jungle & fascism,” the cricketer-turned-politician wrote on Twitter.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief, who’s dealing with graft allegations and is below fireplace from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz-led federal administration, was alluding to the navy’s evident participation in political selections. (ALSO READ: Pakistan’s common Bajwa needed to revive ties with India? Imran Khan says…)
The previous prime minister stated the nation is at a crossroads the place it may change into one other military-controlled nation like Myanmar or comply with Türkiye, which thwarted a navy coup try in July 2016.
Myanmar junta rule
Myanmar, which has been below authoritarian navy rule for a number of many years, aside from a quick interval of partial democracy in 2011, fell again into the fingers of the junta when the Southeast Asian nation’s high commanders led a putsch in February 2021, detaining then-state counsellor (equal to prime minister) Aung San Suu Kyi. She is presently imprisoned after being convicted on quite a few corruption prices. (ALSO READ: Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi’s jail time period prolonged to 26 years)
Turkish navy’s failed coup try
On July 15, 2016, part of the Turkish navy started a deliberate operation in a number of main cities to overthrow the federal government and take away President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, marking the fourth coup try within the nation’s political historical past since 1960. Individuals, nonetheless, fought, and with assistance from loyalist troopers and police, they thwarted the coup try in a matter of hours.