Myanmar’s Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will take her seat in Parliament for the first time on April 23, following her historic election victory earlier this month.
Ms. Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party won 43 seats in an April 1 by-election and will become the main opposition presence in Myanmar’s Parliament, which is dominated by allies of the former military regime.
Party spokesman Nyan Win said that Ms. Suu Kyi received her official invitation to take her Lower House seat when the next parliamentary session starts later this month.
The polls were viewed as a milestone for Myanmar, as it emerges from a half-century of military rule, and an astonishing reversal of fortune for the former political prisoner.
Keywords: Myanmar politics, Aung San Suu Kyi
Recently finished elections in myanmar will surely be a boost to
democratisation of governance. At the same time, it will augur well for
India-Myanmar relations with 1643 kms long shared border and problems of
North-Eastern states.
Our best wishes go with Suu Kyi, who is to take her seat in the lower house.Her victory has any meaning if the 'junta' loosens its grip on country's affairs.No people has suffered as much as Burmese.Now they deserve better living conditions.
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