Source:
https://scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2140640/will-myanmars-new-president-win-myint-tip-scales-aung-san-suu
This Week in Asia/ Politics

Will Myanmar’s new president Win Myint tip the scales in Aung San Suu Kyi’s favour?

Win Myint is known to be assertive and ambitious, but to rule with authority he will have to work against both Suu Kyi’s well-known micromanagement of her party members as well as the powerful military

Win Myint is known to be assertive and ambitious, but to rule with authority he will have to work against both Suu Kyi’s well-known micromanagement of her party members as well as the powerful military

Nearly 30 years ago when Win Myint sat in a jail cell after he was elected in Myanmar’s 1990 election, which was nullified by the junta, the military offered him the chance to be free to see his critically ill son. All he had to do, the regime said, was sign a declaration promising to renounce politics.

Win Myint refused, missing his son’s funeral as well.