A New Chapter for Democracy: Myanmar’s Hluttaw after the 2025 Election

By Dr Than Zaw Oo

Following the historic 2025 multiparty democratic general election, widely regarded as free and fair and conducted using electronic voting machines, Myanmar has embarked upon a new chapter in its democratic journey. The general election was held in three phases: the first phase on 28 December 2025, the second phase on 11 January 2026, and the third phase on 25 January 2026. A total of 57 political parties and 86 independent candidates contested the election, including six political parties that competed nationwide and fifty-one political parties that participated in state- and regional-level elections.

Vice-Senior General Soe Win and senior Tatmadaw officers lay wreath to pay tribute at Memorial to Fallen Heroes (Nay Pyi Taw)

In honouring the 81st Anniversary of Armed Forces Day, a ceremony to lay wreaths and pay tribute took place at the Memorial to Fallen Heroes (Nay Pyi Taw) yesterday.

SSPC Vice-Chairman & Defence Services Deputy Commander-in-Chief Vice-Senior General Soe Win respectfully meets Independence Mawgun Award winners

State Security and Peace Commission Vice-Chairman and Defence Services Deputy Commander-in-Chief Vice-Senior General Soe Win hosted a tea party for one Independence Mawgun Second Class Award winner and two Third Class Award winners, totalling three, who would attend the military parade to mark the 81st Anniversary of Armed Forces Day, at the Bayintnaung Villa in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.

SSPC Chairman Defence Services Commander-in-Chief Senior General Thadoe Maha Thray Sithu Thadoe Thiri Thudhamma Min Aung Hlaing addresses 81st Anniversary of Armed Forces Day parade

Chairman of the State Security and Peace Commission and Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Thadoe Maha Thray Sithu Thadoe Thiri Thudhamma Min Aung Hlaing delivered a speech at the parade to mark the 81st Anniversary of Armed Forces Day 2026 at the Nay Pyi Taw Parade Ground yesterday evening.

Tatmadaw Reaffirms Vigilance in National Duties

The Union Accords, which consolidate the outcomes of earlier peace conferences held under previous governments, are now set to be submitted to the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw for constitutional amendment.