The Cabinet meeting decided to nominate General Ne Win as the Prime Minister at a parliamentary session on 28 September.

[1] Incumbent Prime Minister U Nu has written to General Ne Win to form a caretaker government to handle the conditions.

U Nu told Ne Win to hold general election again within 6 months (April 1959).

This government is made up of a small portion of the military, mostly civilian ministers and local leaders.

Newspapers reported that U Nu resigned and handed over power to General Ne Win, but some described it as a coup.