The Lower House will begin the process of nominating its candidate for Burma’s next president during a parliamentary session on Friday, with that individual likely to be elected to the…
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Deputy no more, T Khun Myat elected Lower House speaker
Lawmakers in the Lower House elected T Khun Myat as their speaker on Thursday, and the chairman of the chamber’s Bill Committee Tun Tun Hein to serve as his deputy,…
Lower House to vote on new speaker tomorrow, legislative agenda indicates
According to an agenda for the Lower House’s 22 March parliamentary session, lawmakers in the chamber are due tomorrow to select a speaker to replace Win Myint, who abruptly stepped…
Win Myint steps down as Lower House speaker
The speaker of Parliament’s Lower House, Win Myint, has resigned his post, with word of his stepping down coming shortly after the President’s Office announced that President Htin Kyaw would…
CSOs downplay shared opposition to protest law changes with military MPs
Although a coalition of civil society organisations agrees with military-aligned parliamentarians in opposing proposed changes to Burma’s Peaceful Assembly and Procession Law, the CSOs say they have no plans to…
Government allots over 6 billion kyats to form social media watchdog
A Union minister told lawmakers on Monday that his ministry would spend more than 6.4 billion kyats ($4.8 million) to establish a social media monitoring apparatus.