Myanmar’s powerful army has appointed hundreds of military lawmakers to the new parliament set to convene after November’s landmark polls, choosing MPs that an academic said Tuesday would check the election-winning opposition party.
The Union Election Commission chaired by former general Tin Aye approved Monday the appointment of 386 military MPs to the new national and regional legislatures that will be dominated by Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) after its landslide victory.
Unelected military MPs are allocated 25 percent of all seats in Myanmar’s legislatures, giving them veto power, under the 2008 constitution. (Courtesy of Fulton News)
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