All the duties included in the role of Myanmar’s president have been transferred from Myint Swe to regime leader Min Aung Hlaing, after the acting president was placed on medical leave to receive treatment at his home in Naypyidaw, regime media reported on Tuesday.

Myanmar’s military staged a coup on Feb. 1, 2021 when Min Aung Hlaing ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) government, arresting her and President Win Myint. This action triggered nationwide anti-coup protests that were violently suppressed and led to armed resistance to the military.

Myint Swe, 73, was made acting president after the 2021 coup. Min Aung Hlaing, 68, relied on him to sign regime decrees and extend the state of emergency every six months, which has been used to continually delay elections promised by the regime leader.

Myint Swe, a former army officer, is suffering from “neurological disorders and peripheral neuropathy”, regime media reported on July 18. It added that he was no longer able to carry out the basic duties of acting president.

Min Aung Hlaing is in his weakest position since deposing the NLD government. He faces questions about his leadership following a series of battlefield defeats faced by his military since Oct. 27 when the Brotherhood Alliance launched Operation 1027 and seized control of over 300 military outposts and 13 towns located along the China-Myanmar border.