CNI News
9 December 2025
The military (Tatmadaw) will gradually reduce its inclusion in Hluttaw once democracy becomes established and once there are no more ethnic armed organizations in the country, said Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Chairman of the National Security and Peace Commission.
He made these remarks on December 6, 2025, during a meeting with officers, soldiers, their families, and cadets from the Pyin Oo Lwin cantonment.
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said:“When democracy flourishes in our country and when there are no ethnic armed groups anymore, the Tatmadaw will be able to gradually reduce its presence in Hluttaw. At present, because the Tatmadaw has to take a leading role in national politics, it is necessary for us to carry out our duties systematically and correctly.”
He stated that the Tatmadaw has historically participated in the leadership of national politics throughout successive eras, and based on historical and current circumstances, the military will continue to play a role in national political leadership.
In Myanmar, the military occupies 25 percent of seats in the Regional/State Hluttaws, the Pyithu Hluttaw, and the Amyotha Hluttaw without contesting elections, as guaranteed by the 2008 Constitution.
Ethnic armed organizations and political parties have called for the military to withdraw these parliamentary seats or at least reduce the percentage.
The ethnic armed groups that signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) are:
RCSS, DKBA, KNU/KNLA-PC, ALP, PNLO, NMSP, CNF, ABSDF, LDU, and KNU.
Among them, KNU, CNF, and ABSDF have withdrawn, saying the NCA has already collapsed.
LDU, NMSP, PNLO, and ALP have split into two groups—those who want to remain in the NCA process and those who want to withdraw.
Ethnic armed groups that have not signed the NCA include:UWSA, NDAA (Mongla), SSPP, KIA, MNDAA, TNLA, AA, and KNPP.
Ethnic armed groups outside the NCA framework include:SNA/SNUC, KNA/KNO, ZRA/ZRO, ENDA/ENNO, NSCN-K/AM, NSCN-K/YA, and ANC.
Additionally, armed groups that emerged after the February 1, 2021 coup and the Spring Revolution include:BPLA, BNRA, KNDA, PLA, DPLA, MLA, MNLA-AD, MSDF, MSRF, KPDF, SAF, 96 Soldiers-PDF, as well as many PDFs in Chin State and numerous PDFs under the NUG across the country.
