Myanmar Junta Forms Caretaker Government; Min Aung Hlaing is Prime Minister

YANGON, MYANMAR - Myanmar’s ruling State Administrative Council said Sunday it has become a caretaker government and its leader, Min Aung Hlaing, is to be prime minister.

The announcement came after Min Aung Hlaing on Sunday repeated his pledge to hold multiparty elections at an unspecified future date. In a televised address, exactly six months after toppling Myanmar’s elected civilian government, the senior general also said he was ready to cooperate with any special envoy appointed by the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Min Aung Hlaing has said before that any elections would take place at least a year after the Feb. 1 putsch.