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• Voices of the Magwe Region Hluttaw
• New Speaker flags human rights focus
• Student leader’s descendant elected in Ayeyarwady
• Military MP rules out deal on constitution change, suspension
• Speaker warns MPs to avoid extremism
• Ethnic Shan party fails in bid for Speaker position
• After feud, ANP scores top posts in Rakhine
• Human rights, federalism on Sagaing hluttaw agenda
• NLD signals end to squatter crackdowns
• New jade parliament greets Kachin State’s lawmakers

Voices of the Magwe Region Hluttaw Posted: 09 Feb 2016 01:23 AM PST The first session of the Magwe Region Hluttaw was held yesterday, with U Tar from Salin township elected as hluttaw Speaker and U Zaw Myo Win from Myothit township as deputy speaker

New Speaker flags human rights focus Posted: 08 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST Mandalay witnessed a distinct changing of guard yesterday as its new hluttaw took office, with the newly appointed Speaker stressing the importance of being accountable to the public. He added that human rights and economic and social development will be priorities, and promised to annul outdated laws.

Student leader’s descendant elected in Ayeyarwady Posted: 08 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST A descendant of Bo Aung Kyaw, a student leader killed by British Indian Imperial Police while protesting colonial rule, was elected yesterday as Speaker of the Ayeyarwady Region Hluttaw.

Military MP rules out deal on constitution change, suspension Posted: 08 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST A senior military MP has ruled out changing or suspending the constitution to allow Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to become president while denying reports that the Tatmadaw is negotiating over the issue.

Speaker warns MPs to avoid extremism Posted: 08 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST The interests of the country and its people must be placed ahead of party, ethnicity, ideology and religion, MPs heard today. The representatives elected last November attending the opening of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw were addressed by Speaker Mahn Win Khaing Than.

Ethnic Shan party fails in bid for Speaker position Posted: 08 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy failed yesterday in its bid to elect one of its MPs as Speaker of the Shan State parliament, where a combined majority of the Union Solidarity and Development Party and military ensured that their candidate – the former Speaker – was reappointed.

After feud, ANP scores top posts in Rakhine Posted: 08 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST The Rakhine State Hluttaw yesterday appointed a Speaker and deputy from the Arakan National Party, which emerged as the single largest party in the state legislature at last November's election.

Human rights, federalism on Sagaing hluttaw agenda Posted: 08 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST Democracy dawned in Sagaing Region yesterday as a flood of victorious National League for Democracy representatives took their seats, replacing the defeated Union Solidarity and Development Party.

NLD signals end to squatter crackdowns Posted: 08 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST The sight of bulldozers smashing shanty towns as police drive out squatters from their flimsy homes could be a thing of the past, as National League for Democracy MPs take the helm in Yangon and Mandalay regions, as well as in Nay Pyi Taw.

New jade parliament greets Kachin State’s lawmakers Posted: 08 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST The Kachin State Hluttaw opened its inaugural session yesterday with a fresh cast of faces descending on a new, jade-adorned building.

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