“We can’t hold the election everywhere 100%,” military junta chief Min Aung Hlaing admitted in a speech broadcast on state television this week. The admission — a gross understatement given the junta’s tiny and disjointed areas of control throughout the country — came days after meeting with representatives from the ASEAN regional bloc and is the first time he has admitted that a full election is not possible. The most recent data indicates that the junta controls only about 21% of territory, compared to 42% controlled by rebel militants.