Myanmar ethnic minority MPs receive Suu Kyi boost

Aung San Suu Kyi's party nominated four MPs for speaker positions in the two parliamentary houses that will convene next month, NLD spokesperson Nyan Win told AFP, including three ethnic minority MPs.

 Aung San Suu Kyi's victorious opposition party nominated three ethnic minority politicians on Wednesday (Jan 20) for prominent roles in the country's new parliament, a boost to a demographic who have long complained of exclusion.

Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) swept up nearly 80 per cent of the seats in elections last November, beating out many ethnic minority parties who had been expected to do well on their home turf in the country's restive border regions.

But on Wednesday her party nominated four MPs for speaker positions in the two parliamentary houses that will convene next month, NLD spokesperson Nyan Win told AFP, including three ethnic minority MPs. (Courtesy of ChannelNewsAsia)