New Government and Challenges to Myanmar

The first freely elected parliament of Myanmar in 50 years has held its opening session. Hundreds of new members of parliament (MPs) had taken their seats from November’s historic election.  80% of them are from the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, and the rest are occupied by smaller parties.  But a quarter of all seats are reserved for the military which also retains control of key ministries.

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