Reuters, Naypyitaw :
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi pushed the message of national reconciliation on Wednesday, lauding the choice of representatives from ethnic minorities and the army-backed party as parliamentary speakers in a chamber dominated by her allies.
Her National League for Democracy (NLD) won about 80 percent of elected seats in November’s vote, catapulting it to power as Myanmar’s ruling party after decades of struggle.
Suu Kyi still has to share power with the army that
controls three security ministries and a quarter of the seats in parliament giving it the right to block any changes to the junta-made constitution.
The first sitting of parliament took place this week, as Myanmar goes through a drawn-out transition, which started with the election and will go on until the NLD government officially begins its term in April.
Apart from Suu Kyi’s close acolyte Win Myint, who was appointed speaker of the lower house, both chambers nominated prominent politicians representing Myanmar’s large ethnic minorities – Kachin, Karen and Rakhine for other top posts.
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi pushed the message of national reconciliation on Wednesday, lauding the choice of representatives from ethnic minorities and the army-backed party as parliamentary speakers in a chamber dominated by her allies.
Her National League for Democracy (NLD) won about 80 percent of elected seats in November’s vote, catapulting it to power as Myanmar’s ruling party after decades of struggle.
Suu Kyi still has to share power with the army that
controls three security ministries and a quarter of the seats in parliament giving it the right to block any changes to the junta-made constitution.
The first sitting of parliament took place this week, as Myanmar goes through a drawn-out transition, which started with the election and will go on until the NLD government officially begins its term in April.
Apart from Suu Kyi’s close acolyte Win Myint, who was appointed speaker of the lower house, both chambers nominated prominent politicians representing Myanmar’s large ethnic minorities – Kachin, Karen and Rakhine for other top posts.
