00:00Myanmar's military junta announces plans to establish a new oversight body
00:04to supervise both military and civilian authorities.
00:08The move is widely seen as consolidating power
00:11while laying the groundwork for a nominal transition to civilian rule.
00:16The announcement came just days after the final phase of elections
00:19with a new parliament due to convene next month
00:22and formal authorities set to pass to a civilian-led administration.
00:26State media reported that the five-member union consultative council
00:30will be granted sweeping powers over national security and the legislative process.
00:36The body is expected to operate as a supreme governing authority,
00:39maintaining centralized control across all major state institutions.
00:44Political analysts say the move would allow Myanmar's leader, Min Ang Leng,
00:48to assume the presidency without surrendering control of the armed forces.
00:52Experts add that the council's mandate is unusually wide.
00:56Effectively placing it above the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government.
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