Suu Kyi Tells Ethnic Lawmakers, ‘We Need to Work Together’
Suu Kyi Tells Ethnic Lawmakers, ‘We Need to Work Together’
The Irrawaddy, 08 Dec 2015
URL: http://m.irrawaddy.com/election/news/suu-kyi-tells-ethnic-lawmakers-we-need-to-work-together
Aung San Suu Kyi met ethnic lawmakers in Naypyidaw Monday, urging all members to work together under a National League for Democracy-led government.
Dozens of incumbent ethnic MPs, including outgoing and re-elected lawmakers, from various political parties joined the meeting in the country’s capital on Monday afternoon.
Suu Kyi said the country should be built on the spirit of the Panglong agreement, signed by her father Gen Aung San and a handful of ethnic leaders in 1947 and seen as affording significant autonomy to ethnic nationalities.
One month after her party’s convincing victory in the Nov. 8 general election, the NLD chairwoman stressed the importance of unity and of working to achieve a permanent peace.
Dozens of incumbent ethnic MPs, including outgoing and re-elected lawmakers, from various political parties joined the meeting in the country’s capital on Monday afternoon.
Suu Kyi said the country should be built on the spirit of the Panglong agreement, signed by her father Gen Aung San and a handful of ethnic leaders in 1947 and seen as affording significant autonomy to ethnic nationalities.
One month after her party’s convincing victory in the Nov. 8 general election, the NLD chairwoman stressed the importance of unity and of working to achieve a permanent peace.