After five years of conflict and a tightly controlled election, Myanmar’s junta leader, Min Aung Hlaing, shed his uniform, named himself president and spoke of peace and reconciliation. The release of elected President Win Myint, the reduction of Aung San Suu Kyi’s sentence and her transfer to house arrest all serve to reinforce this image. […] The post Myanmar’s political makeover unmasked by revolutionary reality appeared first on Asia Times .