fast-changing Myanmar has made its
latest piece of history with the launch
of the first civilian dominated
parliament for more than 50 years
hundreds of new MPs from amongst an su
Chi's national league for democracy
including former political prisoners
gathered in the vast legislative complex
in the military built capital city of
Napier all the sitting launch is what
could be weeks of debate and deal-making
to choose a president to lead the new
government it was a thrilling day for
MPS swept to power by the trouncing
delivered in november by the NLD to the
military-backed Union Solidarity and
Development Party which had dominated
the previous Parliament after the ruling
junta stepped down in 2011 after almost
half a century in power
I think better than
plus one right you can do more
we can try more and we've been trying to
this the NLT is capture of about 80% of
the available seats is enough to give it
a majority even though a quarter of
seats are reserved for the military it
also means the NLD bloc will have
control over Parliament's choice of
president to succeed tame sane the ex
general who has led the country for the
past five years all eyes are now on new
songs and Suchi the new Parliament caps
her remarkable journey from an annulled
election victory in 1990 and the 15
years under house arrest that followed
she is constitutionally barred from the
highest office herself because her two
sons by her late British husband hold
foreign passports mrs. Ahn soo-ji has
declared that she will appoint a
figurehead President and make the
decisions herself but Myanmar's
transition has been so remarkable that
some observers still don't rule out a
last attempt for her to take the prize
herself
Michael Peele Financial Times