On 12 February 2026, marking the 79th Union Day (the anniversary of the signing of the Panglong Agreement), Acting President Duwa Lashi La of the National Unity Government (NUG) called on leaders of all ethnic nationalities to unite and lead the struggle to dismantle the military dictatorship and build a new federal union. He stated that through the ongoing Spring Revolution, they are collectively working toward the emergence of a federal army.
NUG Prime Minister Mahn Winn Khaing Thann similarly expressed his firm belief that the Spring Revolution and its objectives can only advance further when undertaken in unity, and said he has been holding frequent and substantive consultations with allied ethnic leaders and all revolutionary groups in order to accelerate the momentum of the military campaign.
The Chin National Front (CNF) also sent a message to the Union Day ceremony, pledging to continue working alongside the revolutionary forces toward the establishment of a federal democratic union, grounded in the spirit of Panglong and the principles of bottom-up federalism. The Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) likewise called on all parties to overcome the current political crisis through the strength of unity, and stated that it will continue to work alongside all fraternal ethnic revolutionary forces until victory is achieved.
The National Defence and Security Council (NDSC), led by the junta leader, has announced that beginning 16 March, sessions of the Pyithu Hluttaw (Lower House), the Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper House), and the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (Union Parliament) will be convened, comprising legislators who won seats in the military junta’s sham election alongside the 25 percent of seats constitutionally reserved for military-appointed representatives. These parliam-entary sessions are expected to produce the election of parliamentary speakers as well as the appoint-ment of a president and vice presidents.
At a meeting in Nay Pyi Taw on 13 February 2026, between the junta-controlled Union Election Commission (UEC) and political parties, the commission informed attendees that a by-election is planned for 2027.
Thailand’s Foreign Minister stated, following a meeting in Phuket, Thailand, with the military junta’s Foreign Minister U Than Swe, that while he does not believe holding elections alone can resolve Myanmar’s crisis, Thailand continues to maintain engagement with the junta and hopes to draw it back into the ASEAN framework, offering to serve as a bridge to facilitate renewed engagement between ASEAN and the junta. Speaking to reporters in Geneva, Switzerland, on 24 February 2026, Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow further stated that instability inside Myanmar directly impacts Thailand, and that engaging both the junta and ethnic armed resistance groups is unavoidable.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono, another ASEAN member, reiterated his country’s push for implementation of ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus, telling the UN Human Rights Council on 23 February 2026, that if those five points were implemented, the conflicts inside Myanmar could be brought to an end.