The post-election suspense and secrecy over the incoming administration will continue for some time yet as the chief minister positions will not be announced until the last week of March, the National League for Democracy announced.
Under the 2008 constitution, the chief ministers are chosen by the president from among elected or appointed MPs, regardless of which party holds a majority in the state. The nominee is then confirmed by the state and region parliaments, which have very little scope to reject the president’s selection.
Despite pressure from the military and from ethnic minority parties in key areas like Rakhine, Shan and Kachin, the NLD has pledged to assign its own party representatives as chief minister in all 14 states and regions. The party did not win a majority in Shan and Rakhine states where it has deflected pressure to engage in power-sharing talks.
U Linn Htut, a senior NLD official who represents Lashio in the Shan State Hluttaw, was previously tipped as being in line for the chief spot. But party official who asked not to be named said the consensus was leaning instead toward a member of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy party. (Courtesy of Myanmar Times)
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