Recently, China's surroundings can be said to be quite turbulent, a while ago Viet Nam's supreme leader Nguyen Phu Trong died of illness, Surin took his place to take power, the so-called hard-liner representative of Viet Nam after taking office, frantically provocative against China frequently make a fuss about the South China Sea issue, which directly led to the anger of the domestic people!
The provocation brought by Surin to power is not over, and the Myanmar side has just announced that Myanmar's acting President Min Swe is unable to perform his presidential duties due to sick leave, and the presidency will be handed over to Min Aung Hlaing, chairman of the National Security Management Council!
Some people will feel very confused after watching it, who is this Minrui? Hasn't the top leader of Myanmar's government forces always been Min Aung Hlaing? What's behind the transition of presidential power? What will be the impact of Min Aung Hlaing's coming to power on Myanmar?
What's the inside story behind the transfer of power to the president of Myanmar?
Many people don't know who this Min Aung Hlai is, but if you know how Min Aung Hlaing gained control of Myanmar, you will know why Min Aung Hlaing made Min Swe the acting president of Myanmar!
In 2021, Min Aung Hlaing overthrew the Myanmar National Unity Government led by Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint through a military coup d'état, and established the Myanmar caretaker government, and then controlled the media and public opinion!
Although Aung San Suu Kyi's ruling experience in Myanmar has been very bumpy, she has been the leader of the Myanmar national movement for so many years, and she has received strong support from the United States and the West!
Min Aung Hlaing seized power in a coup d'état by force, and after the coup was successful, he imprisoned Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Min Aung Hlaing knew that the methods he used to ascend to power were not honorable, so he kept the vice president of the National Unity Government of Myanmar at that time and directly appointed him as the acting president of the caretaker government!
Although nominally Min Swe is the acting president of the caretaker government, and the whole country is nominally his biggest, in fact, the real ruler of the Myanmar military junta is Min Aung Hlaing, who has been hiding behind the scenes!
Min Swe, who has been serving as the acting president, has been in a high position in Myanmar politics for a long time and has a good prestige, but he is just a pawn and puppet used by Min Aung Hlaing to take the blame and stabilize the people's hearts!
Min Aung Hlaing let Min Swe serve as acting president is nothing more than the following two considerations, one is that although Aung San Suu Kyi's control over the army is relatively average, she is still very appealing in the Myanmar people, Min Aung Hlaing launched an armed coup to seize power, afraid that the Burmese civilian armed groups will attack it, so put a Min Swe in front to attract firepower, and at the same time stabilize the people's hearts!
In addition, Aung San Suu Kyi is the agent of the interests in Viet Nam chosen by the United States and the West, although Aung San Suu Kyi has considered more of Myanmar's own interests in the later stages of her administration, and has become more and more distant from the European and American camps, but Min Aung Hlaing, as a pro-Russian warlord, is slap United States ping Aung San Suu Kyi in the face when he overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi and came to power.
In order to make the face of the United States, Min Aung Hlaing let the vice president of the former government serve as acting president, which is at least the original government ruling team! At least the United States side can account for the past!
What will be the impact of Min Aung Hlaing's administration on Myanmar?
If Min Aung Hlaing's administration can bring so many benefits, why is Min Aung Hlaing back in front of the stage now? Last year, the Myanmar media broke the news that Min Swe suffered from severe neurasthenia, which has even led to difficulties in eating and moving!
Now perhaps Min Swe's illness has worsened, which directly leads to his inability to serve as the acting president of Myanmar, so Min Aung Hlaing has to step forward and stand at the pinnacle of power!
In fact, it has been three years since Min Aung Hlaing's coup d'état, and Min Swe's administration has not calmed down Myanmar's civilian armed forces, but has continued to fight in Myanmar in recent years. The government army has been defeated by many ethnic armed forces in northern Myanmar, and there is even more negative news on the battlefield!
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and other armed forces supported by United States have also frequently launched attacks on government forces in recent years, causing a lot of trouble to government forces! It's safe to say that everything Min Aung Hlaing feared has happened, and now there's basically nothing to stop him from coming to the fore!
Min Aung Hlaing became the acting president of the Burmese government, which helped him further consolidate his political position, and all power was concentrated in Min Aung Hlaing's hands, allowing him to further strengthen his control over the military junta and the entire country!
In fact, from a diplomatic point of view, when Min Aung Hlaing was in power, although the core of power behind it was still Min Aung Hlaing, the Myanmar government at that time was a civilian government, but after Min Aung Hlaing came to power, the Myanmar government became a complete military junta, which will have a great impact on Myanmar's diplomacy!
In addition, in the past six months, the government army can be said to have been defeated by many ethnic armies in northern Myanmar, after Min Aung Hlaing officially became the president of Myanmar, he will definitely take more measures to strengthen the strength of the government army, and at the same time will focus on these armed forces in northern Myanmar, the purpose of which is naturally to recapture a large area once controlled by the government army!
Obviously, the civil war in Myanmar will resume soon, which is definitely not a good phenomenon for China, which is bent on pursuing stability and peace in Myanmar!