Myanmar’s military government is planning to hold a fresh general election in August 2023, junta chief Min Aung Hlaing was quoted as saying on state-broadcaster MRTV on Thursday, Bloomberg reported.

“Depending on state stability and peace, we are making our utmost effort to hold a multiparty general election in August 2023,” the junta chief said at a meeting with heads and teachers at military universities in Yangon, according to the report.

The general said the regime had tried to talk to political parties several times but some of them didn’t come to meetings with junta-appointed election officials. Plans are underway to take actions against those who didn’t act in accordance with the laws, he added.