Author: Bertil Lintner

Published: 08 Apr 2026

When the former chief of the Myanmar junta, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, was selected as the country’s new president on April 3, a pro-military website in the capital Naypyitaw described it as a “return to civilian-led democracy.” It feels like a cruel joke. Critics, among them the International Federation for Human Rights and ALTSEAN-Burma, a regional human rights organization, would argue that the selection, and the election, which for internal security reasons was held in three phases in December 2025 and January 2026, did little more than formalize military rule.

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