The NLD formally nominated U Htin Kyaw, a trusted advisor and the party leader’s former driver, as its candidate in a session of the lower house.
The military –backed Union Solidarity and Development Party, which was crushed in last November’s elections, also put forward a candidate although the current ruling party now only holds a handful of seats. Sai Mauk Kham, the current vice president, was nominated as the party’s lower house candidate, and U Khin Aung Myint, former speaker of the upper house, was expected to be named as its upper house candidate.
The two chambers will vote separately, possibly later today, to select one candidate each. (Courtesy of Myanmar Times)
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