National News

---

• Outgoing MPs ease back in to work
• Speaker urges election losers to work for country’s future and a strong legacy
• Recall bill back on agenda
• MPs to avoid questions and focus on bills
• Spoiled for choice, Chin voters seek unity and hope in NLD
• Save-the-hornbill campaign launched
• UN seeks more access to conflict zone
• Defeated minister urges unity – or else
• NLD alleges dirty tricks in Pyawbwe
• Who saw that coming? An astrologer enters the next Mandalay Region hluttaw

Outgoing MPs ease back in to work Posted: 16 Nov 2015 11:01 PM PST Even as they resume parliamentary duties over the next few months, incumbent MPs who lost in the election are mulling plans for the coming year when the National League for Democracy will claim their majority in the hluttaw.

Speaker urges election losers to work for country’s future and a strong legacy Posted: 16 Nov 2015 10:58 PM PST Outgoing Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann has urged his fellow MPs, including those who, like him, lost their seats in last week's landslide for the National League for Democracy, to be "faithful and dutiful" in the remaining two months of this parliament's term.

Recall bill back on agenda Posted: 16 Nov 2015 10:56 PM PST The suspended Right of Recall bill will be resubmitted to parliament for decision, the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw bill committee confirmed yesterday.

MPs to avoid questions and focus on bills Posted: 16 Nov 2015 10:54 PM PST Facing a tight race against time, the Speaker of the Upper House of parliament has urged members not to submit proposals or ask questions unless the matter is very important.

Spoiled for choice, Chin voters seek unity and hope in NLD Posted: 16 Nov 2015 10:50 PM PST A proliferation of ethnic parties split the vote in Chin State, ushering in a victory for the National League for Democracy with the support of voters who demanded change, political observers in the state believe.

Save-the-hornbill campaign launched Posted: 16 Nov 2015 10:49 PM PST Don't hunt the hornbills, villagers in Magwe Region are being told. A local environmental NGO, Youth Network, has launched a public awareness campaign, fearing that the birds are being hunted to extinction.

UN seeks more access to conflict zone Posted: 16 Nov 2015 10:45 PM PST The United Nations has called on the authorities to allow more humanitarian access to the conflict zone in central Shan State, where local aid workers say about 7000 people have fled fighting and air strikes by the Tatmadaw.

Defeated minister urges unity – or else Posted: 16 Nov 2015 10:37 PM PST Bidding farewell to his constituents, outgoing Union Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation U Myint Hlaing urged them to live in peace under the new government.

NLD alleges dirty tricks in Pyawbwe Posted: 16 Nov 2015 10:36 PM PST Candidates in another Mandalay township complain of election pressure and a smear campaign launched just ahead of the vote.

Who saw that coming? An astrologer enters the next Mandalay Region hluttaw Posted: 16 Nov 2015 10:32 PM PST As an astrologer and descendant of the court Brahmins, U Aung Shwe was not surprised by his election victory, even if he was the only winning candidate from the Democratic Party (Myanmar).

You are subscribed to email updates from National News. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States