Politics

While his regime bombed civilians throughout the New Year festival, Min Aung Hlaing claimed the planned polls will be “free and fair” and he wants to solve conflicts by political...

During his visit to Bangkok this week, military strongman Min Aung Hlaing unveiled his plans to hold a general election in December and January.

The junta has held “peace talks” in Naypyitaw while it continues to attack civilians across Myanmar.

Min Aung Hlaing says he wants voting in junta-held territory to be completed by January 2026.

With the junta overseeing the vote, much of the country out of government hands, and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in jail, the prospects for democracy seem bleak.

Min Aung Hlaing says observers from dictatorial Russia and Belarus will oversee an election he is promising in Myanmar. 

Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing vows Myanmar elections in Dec 2025 or Jan 2026, but critics warn of a sham vote amid ongoing conflict and mass displacement.

The Ta’ang National Liberation Army says the Chinese-brokered peace talks have been abandoned.

Despite assertions of international support, the regime’s proposed election finds favor only among a tiny handful of authoritarian allies and self-interested neighbors.

The interior and border affairs ministers have switched jobs in the government shakeup, while the woman given the thankless task of attracting tourists to war-torn Myanmar has been sacked.