February 9, 2016

Myanmar's union parliament sets date for presidential run

Myanmar's union parliament on Monday announced March 17 as the date for three groups of the union parliament representatives to nominate their respective candidates for the presidential run.

The three candidates are to be nominated respectively from the group of elected house of representatives (Lower House), the group of elected house of nationalities (Upper House) and the group from military-nominated representatives, Xinhua news agency reported.

The candidate who wins the most number of votes will be the president, while the remaining two will be vice presidents. (Courtesy of Business Standard News)

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