david matheson is an independent me and my analyst and a former senior researcher with human rights watch. she joins us now from chung. my good to have you with us. so was it much of a surprise that the authorities decided to extend the state of emergency in the end? no, definitely no surprises ago. that was why we expected. um, and they would just be enjoying the same thing every 6 months since i started security 3 years ago. so yeah, definitely no surprises that uh what does it tell us about the grip under control of the authorities at this point time the country as well. it certainly we being the type of series of military so fast. you can say are the past 3 years, but most acutely on the past 3 months. so, so i, since, since that offensive up in the world and chopsticks but all around the country, the sufferings, quite significant military estates are losing a lot of soldiers are losing a lot of bases. and lots of them around that. that 1st stage i, i think is fine. um. so i do think that extending the state of emergency is just mainly extending the inevitable and, and the fall i thin