Pyidaungsu Hluttaw schedules presidential nominations for 17 March

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Pyidaungsu Hluttaw schedules presidential nominations for 17 March

The Global New Light of Myanmar, 09 Feb 2016

URL: http://issuu.com/myanmarnewspaper/docs/9_feb_16_gnlm
The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw announced yesterday that group meetings for the nominations of three vice presidents will take place on March 17 in order to elect Myanmar’s next president and two vice presidents.

The three candidates are to be respectively nominated by the Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper House), the Pyithu Hluttaw (Lower House) and the Tatmadaw MPs.

At the first meeting of the second parliament, Speaker Mahn Win Khaing Than pledged to strive, without corruption or bias, to promote democracy and human rights for the people of Myanmar.

Out of a total of 653 MPs, 648 parliamentarians attended the parliamentary meeting. The meeting continues today.