Naypyidaw, Myanmar: The karaoke machine is ready and the lyrics have been hastily rehearsed as the former generals who have dominated Myanmar for decades prepare to belt out their last numbers as they exit parliament.
Swept from their seats by Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy party, outgoing army-backed MPs are taking a good-natured approach to their fall from power.
Parliament has opted to welcome the handover to the Nobel laureate's MPs with a party.
"The most important thing is unity. So I wrote a song about that, even though I have been very busy recently," he told AFP, adding that he would not be singing the ditty himself, but would have a chorus of culture ministry officials perform it.
Nine lawmakers are due to belt out their farewells to music today afternoon at a banquet hall in the parliament, attended by lawmakers old and new.
Even the parliament's normally po-faced military MPs -- unelected soldiers account for a quarter of all seats in the national legislature -- are believed to be planning to join the festivities.
They could face a tough audience in the hundreds of new NLD MPs, who are mainly parliamentary novices, but who can boast several poets, a rapper and other entertainers among their ranks.
Swept from their seats by Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy party, outgoing army-backed MPs are taking a good-natured approach to their fall from power.
Parliament has opted to welcome the handover to the Nobel laureate's MPs with a party.
"The most important thing is unity. So I wrote a song about that, even though I have been very busy recently," he told AFP, adding that he would not be singing the ditty himself, but would have a chorus of culture ministry officials perform it.
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Nine lawmakers are due to belt out their farewells to music today afternoon at a banquet hall in the parliament, attended by lawmakers old and new.
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Even the parliament's normally po-faced military MPs -- unelected soldiers account for a quarter of all seats in the national legislature -- are believed to be planning to join the festivities.
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They could face a tough audience in the hundreds of new NLD MPs, who are mainly parliamentary novices, but who can boast several poets, a rapper and other entertainers among their ranks.
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