Myanmar Military-Appointed Administrators Rejected by Local People Residents in Thaketa Township stage a protest against the military-appointed administration on Feb. 25. / The Irrawaddy 4.7k By The Irrawaddy 26 February 2021 YANGON—Local residents in some regions and states are staging protests against new ward administrators appointed by the Myanmar military regime that seized power on Feb. 1. The State Administrative Council (SAC) of the military regime has been replacing ward and village administrators since the second week of February after forming district and township-level administrative councils. In Yangon, Mandalay, Sagaing, Magwe and Ayeyarwady regions and Karen State, local residents have banged pots and pans in front of ward administration offices to show their disapproval of the military-appointed administrators.