(MENAFN - The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Myanmar’s election victor Aung San Suu Kyi has invited trishaw – or cycle rickshaw -- drivers in Yangon to an event honoring them for their supportive role during campaigns for last month’s election.
A spokesperson for the National League for Democracy (NLD) the opposition party that won the Nov. 8 polls by a landslide told Anadolu Agency on Sunday that around 220 trishaw drivers are invited to attend the gathering at the Royal Rose restaurant next Saturday.
“They played a big role in election campaign and party’s victory” Win Htein said. “And they are the grassroots of the country who have been long neglected by authorities.”
Nobel peace laureate Suu Kyi’s party won 880 parliamentary seats -- or 77.3 percent -- out of a total of 1139 contested seats at three levels of parliament at the polls the first free and fair election in decades.
The sweeping victory left the party in a position to choose the country's next president.
During the campaigns trishaw drivers across the country -- especially in big cities such as commercial capital Yangon and Pathein of the Ayeyawaddy region -- had participated in the NLD campaigns garnering more public attention. (Courtesy of menafn.com)
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