Myanmar Parliament News

The Myanmar Parliament on Monday approved President-elect U Htin Kyaw's plan of forming a new government with reduced ministries.

Myanmar President-elect U Htin Kyaw will submit a list of nominees for cabinet posts to the Union Parliament on Thursday for approval, the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) announced on Monday.

Myanmar`s parliament will hold a historic presidential vote Tuesday expected to confirm that a trusted confidant and anointed proxy of Aung San Suu Kyi will be the former junta-run nation`s first civilian leader in decades.

The names of Myanmar's next president and two vice presidents will be revealed on March 17, an official said today, setting a clear timeline for the transition of power from a military-controlled government to democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's party.

Aung San Suu Kyi tried on Wednesday to calm nerves over Myanmar's tense political

Myanmar entered a new political era Monday as Aung San Suu Kyi`s pro-democracy MPs took their seats in parliament, bearing the hopes of a nation subjugated for decades by the military.