TABLE OF CONTENTS Glossary 5 Executive Summary 8 1. The junta’s elections are illegal and illegitimate 11 2. An election commission unlawfully installed 14 3. The military’s claims of election fraud in 2020 remain unsubstantiated 17 4. A repressive environment devoid of fundamental freedoms 21 5. Rampant instability incompatible with elections 25 6. Election phases will further ramp up conflict 28 7. No minimum coverage or voter turnout is required for the junta’s elections 33 8. A new electoral system to ensure military hegemony in the next parliament 35 9. The junta’s political party registration law: ensuring obedience 41 10. The junta’s elections will feature only handpicked political parties 44 11. Voter lists are prepared from the junta’s surveillance tools 49 12. Concerns exist over the military’s control of advance voting processes 53 13. The junta’s top-down adoption of electronic voting machines 55 3