Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing won a parliamentary vote on Friday to become the country’s president, formalizing his grip on political power in the war-torn nation five years after he ousted an elected government. The 69-year-old general orchestrated a 2021 coup against the administration of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi and placed her under arrest, sparking widespread protests that morphed into nationwide armed resistance against the junta.

General Min Aung is set to be chosen as the next president by the newly-elected parliament.

Il Parlamento del Myanmar ha eletto come presidente del Paese Min Aung Hlaing, capo della giunta militare che ha preso il potere 5 anni fa con un colpo di Stato strappandolo al…