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Aung San Suu Kyi makes debut in Myanmar's parliament | Parliamentarian Aung San Suu Kyi made her debut in the current fourth session of
Myanmar 's House
of Representatives (Lower House) in Nay Pyi Taw Monday, four days after the session
began last Wednesday. The parliament session is also the second after April 1
landmark by-elections. The session, attended by 404 out of 431 parliament representatives
with the house, initially covered discussions on bills submitted by the parliamentarians.
The debut of Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD), in the
parliament came after her return from a 17- day tour to five European countries
-- Switzerland , Norway , Britain , Ireland and France on June 30. Earlier, she
had also visited Thailand where she attended the World Economic Forum on East
Asia . NLD gave high priorities to three issues on its agenda, namely rule of
law, internal peace and constitution amendments. Suu Kyi has said time and again
that she will cooperate with the 25-percent non-elected and directly-nominated
military parliamentarians for the amendment of the constitution. In the April
1 by-electins, NLD won 43 out of 45 open parliamentary seats, with 37 (including
Suu Kyi) for the House of Representatives, four for the House of Nationalities
and two for the region or state parliament. Over the first three days of the parliament
sessions, the parliament sought approval of declaring a state of emergency in
Rakhine state, new establishment of diplomatic relations with some nine countries,the
resignation of former First Vice President U Tin Aung Myint Oo for health reason
and election of a new first vice president in seven days to succeed him under
the 2008 state constitution. A proposal was also made to investigate farmland
seizure and properly handle such incidents to reduce farmers' grievances. The
session of the House of Representatives (Lower House) over the last three days
approved Amendment of 2012 Examination Board Bill, while that of the House of
Nationalities (Upper House) adopted the 1955 Government Housing (Expelling ) Act
Amendment Bill and Social Security Amendment Bill.
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