Overview
- USDP chairman Khin Yi, a retired brigadier general, was elected speaker of the lower house at the opening session in Naypyitaw.
- Maung Maung Ohn, a former general and ex-information minister, was chosen as deputy speaker as the junta’s allies filled key posts.
- The military retains 25% of seats by constitutional quota, while the USDP won 81% of contested seats, including 339 of the non-reserved slots.
- Officials plan a five-member Union Consultative Council that analysts say would let Min Aung Hlaing preserve control over civilian and military levers.
- An opposition shadow parliament held an online sitting and claims sole legitimacy, as the upper house convenes next and a presidential vote nears.