Former Union Parliament Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann has come out swinging against his expulsion from the Union Solidarity and Development Party, telling a press conference on Wednesday afternoon that he had acted in the public interest by collaborating with the new government.
On April 22, Shwe Mann and 16 other members were kicked out of the former ruling party after a vote by the USDP’s central executive committee held at the party’s Nay Pyi Taw headquarters. Those expelled had taken roles in the new government, including new ministers Thura U Aung Ko and U Thein Swe, along with several members of the Legal Affairs and Special Cases Commission, of which Shwe Mann is the chair.
NLD leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi had invited Shwe Mann and several of his allies to staff the commission soon after lawmakers from the new parliament took their seats at the end of January.
Speaking to a Nay Pyi Taw press conference at 2pm, Shwe Mann told reporters that the decision of he and his supporters to take a role in the commission under the new National League for Democracy government was not intended to antagonise former President U Thein Sein, who resumed his formal duties as USDP chairman this month. (Courtesy of Frontier Myanmar)
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