As evidence mounts of intensifying atrocities, including the torture of children, being committed in Myanmar, the country’s military generals are rebranding their junta regime and planning stage-managed elections in a nation they only control parts of.

They’ve rescinded a four-year state of emergency order, imposed during their 2021 military coup, and formed a caretaker administration to govern the war-torn Southeast Asian country until a new parliament is assembled following a national vote.

But it is merely a cosmetic change, analysts say — designed to give the appearance that it’s playing by the democratic playbook while remaining firmly in power, something Myanmar’s military have a long and notorious history of doing.

The election, to be held in stages over December 2025 and January

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