NAYPYIDAW, Feb 23 — The first regular sessions of the Third Hluttaw (Myanmar’s bicameral legislature and regional parliaments) are officially set to commence in mid-March 2026, according to recent government announcements.

Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U T Khun Myat issued a notification convening the first regular session of the Third Pyithu Hluttaw (House of Representatives). The session will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 16, 2026.

Meanwhile, U Aung Lin Dway, Chief Executive of the National Defence and Security Council (NDSC), announced the convening of the remaining parliamentary bodies. The first regular session of the Third Amyotha Hluttaw (House of Nationalities) will commence at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. Following this, the first regular sessions of the Third Region and State Hluttaws will begin on Friday, March 20, 2026.

The respective parliamentary offices have also issued official reporting directives for incoming representatives to prepare for the upcoming sessions.

Pyithu Hluttaw representatives are required to report to the parliamentary office no earlier than March 10 and no later than March 11, 2026. Similarly, the Amyotha Hluttaw Office has instructed its representatives to report between March 12 and March 13, 2026. Elected representatives for the Region and State Hluttaws must report to their respective parliament offices between March 14 and March 15, 2026.