Following the 2020 elections, in which the National League for Democracy increased its majority, the Tatmadaw, Myanmar's military, claimed the results were invalid.
The first elections to the lower house (the Pyithu Hluttaw or "People's Assembly") under the new military administration, dubbed the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), were held on 27 May 1990.
The military junta placed the leader of the NLD, Aung Sang Suu Kyi, under house arrest following her party's victory.
In August 2003, Prime Minister Khin Nyunt announced a seven-step "roadmap to democracy", which the government was reportedly implementing.
[16] The NLD, was however, allowed to participate in the 2012 by-elections that followed, and Suu Kyi – released from house arrest in 2010 – won a seat in the Pyithu Hluttaw.
As a result of widespread investigations and civil unrest, a second coup d'etat occurred in February 2021, and a state of emergency rule was declared.