NLD-led Parliament accused of legislative lethargy
Critics have accused the NLD-led government of over-promising and under-delivering on legislative reform.
Critics have accused the NLD-led government of over-promising and under-delivering on legislative reform.
When asked about progress to date on constitutional reform, Nyan Win declined to respond.
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Burma’s political parties, including the NLD and USDP, wrap up their campaigns for this weekend’s by-election.
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Lead Story News Parliament Politics
Upper House Speaker Mahn Win Khaing Than in Thursday’s sitting of the chamber advised MPs to keep it classy, after an Arakanese lawmaker accused him of shooting down an urgent proposal submitted to the legislature last month.
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The motion noted concerns over “sovereignty, the rule of law, stability, and peace,” and blamed the Northern Alliance.
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An office assistant-director was stabbed in the back with a small kitchen knife after she walked away from a personal dispute with a staffer.
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Minister tells parliament plans are afoot to form a taskforce to crack down effectively on any logging operations in the area.
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Burma’s parliament on Tuesday passed a bill amending the 2016 Union Budget Law to cut spending in 14 government ministries.
MPs proposed suspending construction to avoid potentially damaging a historic Buddhist stupa in the area.
Military members of Burma’s lower house of parliament failed on Tuesday to block a bill that would give National League for Democracy (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi a powerful[…]
A bill submitted to the upper house of parliament on Thursday would enable Suu Kyi to formalise her position “above the president”.
The new chairperson of the Union Election Commission is a retired university rector who previously oversaw elections in Meiktila in Mandalay Division.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s inclusion on a list of 18 nominees to the cabinet of president-elect Htin Kyaw ends weeks of speculation about her role in government.
Burma’s President-elect Htin Kyaw told parliament on Monday the decision to reorganise the country’s administrative structure was to save money which could be used on other sectors.
A deepening rift has opened between Burma’s military and Suu Kyi, threatening the democracy leader’s prospects for forming a successful government.
The influential former military lieutenant-general widely tipped to be the military’s presidential candidate has declined to comment on the speculation.
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The election-winning NLD will install its own MPs as the chief ministers of Burma’s 14 state and divisions, a party spokesperson has said.
Burma‘s democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi is likely to speed up elections of the country’s president, in a last-minute change following weeks of talks with the military that has[…]
Staff at Rangoon General Hospital are protesting a decision to rent out a portion of its land to a company for the construction of a private hospital.
Dr. Zaw Myint Maung talks about the NLD’s landslide win, the move from national to regional parliament and the challenges Mandalay Region is facing.
When US President Barack Obama hosts a meeting of Southeast Asian leaders in California this week, his Burmese counterpart Thein Sein will be notably absent.
Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will meet Obama at a summit in the Californian resort of Sunnylands between 15 and 16 February.
Mahn Win Khaing, who was elected into the role of upper house speaker, will also serve as the chair of Burma’s bicameral union parliament.
The party of Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi has instructed its lawmakers not to leave the capital.
Even as the NLD government takes office, the army keeps control of the civil service through the ubiquitous General Administration Department.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics
Burma’s second parliament began on Monday with a session of the lower house in Naypyidaw, where the orange tunics of the National League for Democracy (NLD) provided bright reflection of the party’s thundering 2015 election win.
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After decades of persecution, the former opposition is set to take power.
The National League for Democracy has confirmed its selection of speakers for Burma’s next parliament, which will convene for the first time on Monday 1 February.
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The National League for Democracy (NLD) said on Thursday that it had not decided on its nominations for Union Parliament’s four speaker roles, contrary to reports in international media.
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The Arakan National Party has said that it will dominate a minority government formed in Burma’s westernmost state, warning the NLD not to get in its way.