Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will today meet her party’s Speakers from the state and regional parliaments in Nay Pyi Taw, although they say they are in the dark as to why they have been summoned to the capital.
The talks come ahead of a meeting tomorrow with all 14 regional Speakers – including those from Shan State and Rakhine State, who are not from the National League for Democracy – where they will discuss the formation of the Myanmar Parliamentary Union.
The MPU will comprise the Speakers and deputy speakers of each hluttaw and will be led by the chair of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw. It is a new initiative from the NLD – no such body existed in the previous parliament – and is designed to improve coordination between the various legislative bodies, according to the NLD.
U Aung Kyaw Oo, Speaker of the Mandalay Region hluttaw, told The Myanmar Times that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will meet the Speakers today at an office in the parliamentary compound. He said he had not been told what was on the agenda and expected to spend most of the meeting listening.(Courtesy of Myanmar Times)
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