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Myanmar parliament forms commission to support bill committee

​Myanmar's newly-elected parliamentary House of Representatives (Lower House) on Friday formed a 23-member reviewing commission on legal affairs and special cases during the ongoing first session of the parliament in Nay Pyi Taw in a bid to support bill committee.

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Myanmar election commission appoints more than 300 military MPs to new parliament

Myanmar's Union Election Commission has appointed 366 military-represented parliament members to three levels of the new parliament to take up 25 percent share of seats at each level of the legislative body, according to the commission' s announcement made public Tuesday.

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Myanmar opposition qualified to nominate two candidates for vice presidential run

​Myanmar's opposition party has won the qualified number of seats in the country's two-house Union Parliament to nominate two candidates for vice presidential run for next term.

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Myanmar announces Aung San Suu Kyi winning election

​Myanmar's Union Election Commission (UEC) Wednesday announced that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has won Sunday's general election and was re-elected as representative to the House of Representatives (Lower House) of the next parliament.

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Myanmar announces 333 elected parliament representatives by Tuesday

​Myanmar's Union Election Commission (UEC) announced Wednesday that 333 parliament representatives to three levels of the parliament have been elected as of Tuesday night after the Sunday election.

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Myanmar's general election begins across country

Myanmar's multi-party general election began across the country Sunday morning at 6 a.m. local time with 33.5 million eligible voters starting to go to polls and cast votes at respective polling stations .

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Myanmar president, vice president not to run in general election: ruling party

​Myanmar President U Thein Sein and Vice President U Nyan Tun will not run in the upcoming general election slated for Nov. 8, General Secretary of the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) U Maung Maung Thein told a press conference here Wednesday.