Myanmar's New President Calls for Unity between Government and People

Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing/DOK via WIkimedia Commons

JAKARTA - Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing, in his inauguration speech, called for unity between the newly elected democratic government and the people in carrying out the task of strengthening the multi-party democratic system in the country.

"After taking step by step on the path back to a multi-party democratic system within the framework of the constitutional provisions related to the emergency period, we have successfully prepared and held fair and decent multi-party democratic elections," Min Aung Hlaing said, quoted by ANTARA from Sputnik, Friday, April 10.

Now, President Aung Hlaing said, Myanmar is moving towards a better future.

"We, the people and the government, are determined to walk together and overcome all difficulties, both those that come from global and domestic issues," he added.

He also stressed that protecting the multi-party democratic system would be the most important task for his government.

The first general election (pemilu) since 2020 in Myanmar was held in three stages in the period December 2025 to January 2026, after almost five years of military rule under a state of emergency imposed due to a national security threat in February 2021.

The election was won by the Union Solidarity and Development Party - which previously led Myanmar's government from 2011 to 2015 - with former senior general Min Aung Hlaing as the presidential candidate.

Min Aung Hlaing won the parliamentary vote on April 3, taking 429 votes out of a total of 500 available.