The Myanmar military staged a coup on Monday, declaring a state of emergency and arresting the leaders of the ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD). The military denied the legitimacy of the November 2020 elections, the second electoral process since open military rule was replaced by a partial parliamentary system.

This comes in the context of a push in March 2020 to amend the 2008 constitution, taking legislative power away from the military. Th…