Myanmar junta leader declares himself PM as election timeline stalled

Six months after seizing power, Min Aung Hlaing extends coup with promise of elections in 2023

Myanmar's military leader has declared himself prime minister and said he will lead the country under the nation's state of emergency until elections are held in two years' time - vastly extending the timeline given when the military deposed Aung San Suu Kyi six months ago.

We must create conditions to hold a free and fair multiparty general election," Gen Min Aung Hlaing said on Sunday during a recorded televised address. We have to make preparations. I pledge to hold the multiparty general election without fail."