Myanmar will see the opening of its new Parliament session on Monday (Feb 1), dominated for this first time by Members of Parliament (MPs) from Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD).
The NLD won the November elections by a landslide, capturing 390 national parliamentary seats out of 664. The country’s Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) will be stepping aside, having only won 42 national parliamentary seats in the elections.
Many expect more robust debates in a house dominated by the incoming NLD.
“In the past, in the previous Parliament (where the) USDP was the majority, people did not see (them as) a big difference from the military government,” said Saw Kapi, Director at the Salween Institute for Public Policy. “But with the new NLD, because there were some promises that were made by the party during the elections and prior to the elections, people have a lot more expectations.” (Courtesy of Channel NewAasia)
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