Myanmar's Suu Kyi meets parliament boss after victory
- 9 years ago
Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi held talks with parliament's powerful chairman on Sunday after an election landslide set to usher in democracy and sweep out much of the military old guard. Suu Kyi has already courted some controversy in her plan to install as president an NLD loyalist who she says will have no authority, even though Myanmar's constitution states the president "takes precedence over all other persons".
A potential problem for an NLD government is that the new legislative session is expected to pass a new budget, which may allocate funds in ways it may not favour, such as to defence at the expense of health or education.
There are high expectations for it to pursue an economic overhaul started by Thein Sein and his technocrats, which has delivered record foreign investment, improvements in power, infrastructure and telecoms and booms for tourism, construction and banking.
A potential problem for an NLD government is that the new legislative session is expected to pass a new budget, which may allocate funds in ways it may not favour, such as to defence at the expense of health or education.
There are high expectations for it to pursue an economic overhaul started by Thein Sein and his technocrats, which has delivered record foreign investment, improvements in power, infrastructure and telecoms and booms for tourism, construction and banking.