A powerful ethnic party in Myanmar’s troubled western Rakhine state has threatened to boycott the new government unless election victor Aung San Suu Kyi appoints a local politician as chief minister.
Arakan National Party (ANP) chief Oo Hla Saw told Anadolu Agency on Thursday that they had been waiting to negotiate with the National League for Democracy (NLD), the Suu Kyi-led opposition party, since the official results of the November election were announced.
“But no word from NLD yet,” he said by phone.
The ANP, which won the majority of seats in Rakhine, issued a statement Wednesday demanding that the NLD grant an exemption allowing the ethnic party to form its own government.
“Otherwise we won’t join any government organization, but will stand as an opposition party for the interests of Rakhine people,” ANP said in the statement. (Courtesy of news.videonews.us)
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