Yes, the purchases of Su-30 and JF-17 were made under the civilian government. But the civilian government had nothing to do with the procurement of military assets. FTC-2000 order is made under the military regime.
The whole process went like this. The parliament of Myanmar devises and allocates the budget of the ministry of defense along with other ministries based on the tax revenue of the previous year.
And the ministry of defense held budget allocation meetings with the commander in Chief of the Army, the Navy, the airforce, and the joint operation Chief. They decide how much money to be spend on personal payroll, retirements, operational costs, maintenance, and procurement.
That is why the procurement of MM military is in line with the whole defense strategy and coherent on the national scale.
No civilian politician was in the whole decision-making process apart from the congressional budget approval.
This is why I think the Myanmar military has more military assets than Bangladesh despite half the budget of Bangladesh's military.
In BD case, the reigning party has a lot of influence in procurement matters, which makes the military procurements not in line with the national defense strategy but rather on the wishes and whims of the politicians.
