The National League for Democracy (NLD), which won this year’s national election, plans to appoint state chief ministers from among its newly appointed representatives who belong to ethnic minority communities, said Nan Khin Htwe Myint, a member of the NLD's central executive committee.
She revealed the plan in response to a question about how regional chief ministers would be chosen.
“We will mainly choose ethnic minority people who are NLD members. Chief ministers will be from our party. This is because we were canvassing for votes so that we could form a government," said Nan Khin Htwe Myint.
The NLD won a landslide victory in the November 8 elections. However, the party won only eight out of 35 parliamentary seats in two ethnic region parliaments—34 in Rakhine State and one in Chin State. The Rakhine State-based Arakan National Party won 22 seats, but the Rakhine State chief minister is likely to be an NLD member.
If the NLD has an elected Rakhine representative, we will appoint him or her. I have said that we can form a government only if we become chief ministers," said Nan Khin Htwe Myint. (Courtesy of Eleven Myanmar)
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