November 24, 2015

United States urges Myanmar to change constitution barring Suu Kyi rule

In each house under the constitution, the military automatically receives 25 percent of the seats. Frequently under house arrest several times, her Nobel Prize was awarded in absentia.

She has already vowed to govern from “above the president” saying she will circumnavigate the charter ban by appointing a proxy for the top office.

That control will now be tested.

The NLD has won 256 of the 299 seats declared so far in the country’s parliament, the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw. Elections weren’t held in seven constituencies, which means a effortless majority might be reached at 329 seats. Now the ruling party is expected to cooperate. The NLD has won more than 80 percent of the seats contested, enough to overcome the one-quarter of parliamentary seats that are reserved for the military.

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