
(FILES) Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing shows his inked finger after voting at a polling station during the first phase of Myanmar's general election in Naypyidaw on December 28, 2025. A lawmaker in Myanmar nominated junta chief Min Aung Hlaing as a candidate for vice-president, a television broadcast on March 30, 2026 showed, paving the way for the coup leader to continue his rule in civilian garb. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP via Getty Images)

