Myanmar’s junta-proxy parliament meets for first time since 2021 coup

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Myanmar's junta-backed parliament convened for the first time since the 2021 military coup, with the legislature dominated by allies of coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. The election that preceded it was held across only about a third of the country, underscoring continued instability and authoritarian consolidation.

Five years after armoured vehicles rolled through the streets of Myanmar’s capital and the generals tore up an election result they did not like, a new parliament sat for the first time on Monday. The legislature that convened in Naypyidaw was stacked almost entirely with allies of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the coup leader who ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021. In Myanmar’s recent election, held across barely a third of the country, the army-backed Union Solidarity...