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Myanmar's Ousted MPs Form New Shadow Government
A "parliament" working in hiding to oust Myanmar's junta from power announced a new shadow government Friday, with deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi at its helm alongside ethnic minority politicians.
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Myanmar's Ruling Party, Military Clash Over Suu Kyi Role
Myanmar's upper house of parliament approved a bill on Friday that gives Aung San Suu Kyi a powerful government role, despite opposition from the military on the second day of her party's new administration.
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Aung San Suu Kyi's Party To Propose Giving Her Special 'Advisor' Role
Aung San Suu Kyi's party will submit a proposal today to create a new "state advisor" role for her, lawmakers said, giving her power to liaise between the president and parliament.
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Is Myanmar's New President Just A Puppet For Aung San Suu Kyi?
Myanmar's parliament elects a new president today to head the country's first democratically elected government, but it won't be Aung San Suu Kyi, the face of the nation's decades-long struggle against military rule.
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Htin Kyaw Wins Historic President Vote In Myanmar Parliament
Myanmar's parliament has elected Htin Kyaw as Myanmar's new president, a watershed moment that ushers the longtime opposition party of Aung San Suu Kyi into government.
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Myanmar Parliament Holds Historic Presidential Election
Myanmar lawmakers began casting ballots in a historic presidential vote today expected to confirm that a trusted confidant and anointed proxy of Aung San Suu Kyi will be the former junta-run nation's first civilian leader in decades.
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Myanmar Military Questions Suu Kyi Picks Ahead Of Presidential Vote
Myanmar's powerful military questioned Aung San Suu Kyi's picks for president and vice president on Monday as tension simmered between the two sides a day before parliament votes on who should get the top job.
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Aung San Suu Kyi's Proxy: Who Will Be Myanmar's Next President?
Myanmar's parliament meets Thursday to put forward presidential candidates, some four months after Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) swept landmark elections.
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Hopes Fade For Aung San Suu Kyi Deal As Myanmar Hastens Presidential Vote
Myanmar's parliament will bring forward a vote for the next president to March 10, it was announced today, leaving little time for Aung San Suu Kyi to strike a deal to let her take the top office.
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Myanmar Parliament To Change Presidential Elections Date: Document
Myanmar'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 stood by the constitution that bars her from assuming the highest office.
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Parliament To Serve Myanmar's Interest, People: Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD), said today Myanmar's parliament is a place where lawmakers are to serve for the interests of the country and its people.
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Nominees For Myanmar's Next President To Be Known On March 17
The chairman of Myanmar's parliament says the nominees for the country's next president and two vice presidents will be known on March 17.
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As Myanmar Powerbrokers Talk, Could Aung Suu Kyi Emerge As President?
As Aung San Suu Kyi's lawmakers smiled for the cameras at the first sessions of Myanmar's parliament, a summit of generals convened at a base, just minutes from the chamber. On every mind was the same question: who will be the country's next president?
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New Era As Aung San Suu Kyi's Novice Lawmakers Brace For Office
In a modest dormitory in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw, novice MP Tin Thit recites a poem he has penned called "No Retreat", steeling him to enter Myanmar's parliament carrying the dreams of a nation left traumatised by army rule.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi Readies For Power As Her Party Comes To Parliament
After sweeping a historic election in November, Myanmar's democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday bid farewell to outgoing lawmakers and prepared to form the country's first democratically elected government since the 1960s.
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Myanmar's Ousted MPs Form New Shadow Government
A "parliament" working in hiding to oust Myanmar's junta from power announced a new shadow government Friday, with deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi at its helm alongside ethnic minority politicians.
-
Myanmar's Ruling Party, Military Clash Over Suu Kyi Role
Myanmar's upper house of parliament approved a bill on Friday that gives Aung San Suu Kyi a powerful government role, despite opposition from the military on the second day of her party's new administration.
-
Aung San Suu Kyi's Party To Propose Giving Her Special 'Advisor' Role
Aung San Suu Kyi's party will submit a proposal today to create a new "state advisor" role for her, lawmakers said, giving her power to liaise between the president and parliament.
-
Is Myanmar's New President Just A Puppet For Aung San Suu Kyi?
Myanmar's parliament elects a new president today to head the country's first democratically elected government, but it won't be Aung San Suu Kyi, the face of the nation's decades-long struggle against military rule.
-
Htin Kyaw Wins Historic President Vote In Myanmar Parliament
Myanmar's parliament has elected Htin Kyaw as Myanmar's new president, a watershed moment that ushers the longtime opposition party of Aung San Suu Kyi into government.
-
Myanmar Parliament Holds Historic Presidential Election
Myanmar lawmakers began casting ballots in a historic presidential vote today expected to confirm that a trusted confidant and anointed proxy of Aung San Suu Kyi will be the former junta-run nation's first civilian leader in decades.
-
Myanmar Military Questions Suu Kyi Picks Ahead Of Presidential Vote
Myanmar's powerful military questioned Aung San Suu Kyi's picks for president and vice president on Monday as tension simmered between the two sides a day before parliament votes on who should get the top job.
-
Aung San Suu Kyi's Proxy: Who Will Be Myanmar's Next President?
Myanmar's parliament meets Thursday to put forward presidential candidates, some four months after Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) swept landmark elections.
-
Hopes Fade For Aung San Suu Kyi Deal As Myanmar Hastens Presidential Vote
Myanmar's parliament will bring forward a vote for the next president to March 10, it was announced today, leaving little time for Aung San Suu Kyi to strike a deal to let her take the top office.
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Myanmar Parliament To Change Presidential Elections Date: Document
Myanmar'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 stood by the constitution that bars her from assuming the highest office.
-
Parliament To Serve Myanmar's Interest, People: Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD), said today Myanmar's parliament is a place where lawmakers are to serve for the interests of the country and its people.
-
Nominees For Myanmar's Next President To Be Known On March 17
The chairman of Myanmar's parliament says the nominees for the country's next president and two vice presidents will be known on March 17.
-
As Myanmar Powerbrokers Talk, Could Aung Suu Kyi Emerge As President?
As Aung San Suu Kyi's lawmakers smiled for the cameras at the first sessions of Myanmar's parliament, a summit of generals convened at a base, just minutes from the chamber. On every mind was the same question: who will be the country's next president?
-
New Era As Aung San Suu Kyi's Novice Lawmakers Brace For Office
In a modest dormitory in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw, novice MP Tin Thit recites a poem he has penned called "No Retreat", steeling him to enter Myanmar's parliament carrying the dreams of a nation left traumatised by army rule.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi Readies For Power As Her Party Comes To Parliament
After sweeping a historic election in November, Myanmar's democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday bid farewell to outgoing lawmakers and prepared to form the country's first democratically elected government since the 1960s.
