Myanmar cabinet to include ethnic groups, other parties: Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar cabinet to include ethnic groups, other parties: Aung San Suu Kyi
Channel News Asia, 26 Nov 2015
URL: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/myanmar-cabinet-to/2296288.html
Myanmar's new cabinet will include members of other political parties and representatives of ethnic minorities, the leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi said on Thursday, stressing the need for national reconciliation.
The NLD captured enough seats in the national-level legislature to have its choice of president, who is elected by members of parliament. The president then selects the cabinet. Suu Kyi has said that regardless of who is appointed president, she will call the shots as leader of the winning party.
The new parliament will sit and elect a president in February, and the new administration will begin its five-year term on April 1.
The NLD captured enough seats in the national-level legislature to have its choice of president, who is elected by members of parliament. The president then selects the cabinet. Suu Kyi has said that regardless of who is appointed president, she will call the shots as leader of the winning party.
The new parliament will sit and elect a president in February, and the new administration will begin its five-year term on April 1.