On the same day, Min Aung Hlaing was appointed Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar’s Armed Forces, ahead of several more senior officers. The post of speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw (House of Representatives) ...

Myanmar’s national parliament, known as the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (Assembly of the Union), is a bicameral legislature established by the military-drafted 2008 constitution. It mentions no upper or lower ...

Under the 2008 junta-drafted Constitution, the Lower House (Pyithu Hluttw), Upper House (Amyotha Hluttaw), and military appointees each nominate a presidential candidate, which can be either a ...