More than five years after being dissolved in a February 2021 military coup, the lower house of Myanmar’s national parliament convened on Monday, to be followed on Wednesday by the upper chamber. The convening comes after an election widely seen as a sham designed to bolster the military’s control of the government. The military controls only about 20% of the country; the remainder consists of highly contested territory or areas under the control of various rebel militias, estimated at roughly 42%.