 Min Ko Naing was released along with numerous other activists on 13 January 2012, as part of a mass presidential pardon for political activists.It was believed that he would contest the 2015 general elections, for a seat in Assembly of the Union but he was not contested in the election.Many observers have said that beyond Aung Sann Suu Kyi, he and his colleagues are best suited to steer the country’s political landscape.