Naypyidaw, April 3 (IANS) Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has been elected the country’s President after he secured more votes among the three nominees, media reported on Friday. Hlaing’s two Vice Presidents are former military-appointed Prime Minister Nyo Saw, a longtime loyalist, and Nan Ni Ni Aye, the Karen State chair of the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), The Irrawaddy reported.In the days leading up to his election, Min Aung Hlaing stepped down as command…
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Naypyidaw, March 30 (IANS) Myanmar’s junta chief, Min Aung Hlaing, has been nominated as President in a parliamentary process that seems planned to cement his grip on civil society, local media reported on Monday The Myanmar junta also appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Army Ye Win Oo as Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services.Ye Win Oo, on Monday, replaced Min Aung Hlaing, who has been serving as Myanmar’s Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services since 2011, Xinhua News Agency reporte…
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) The government has issued a notice to the Congress party asking it to vacate its headquarters at 24, Akbar Road by Saturday, party sources said, adding that a formal notice has been issued by the concerned authorities.According to sources, the Estates Department has served a notice to the Indian National Congress, asking it to vacate the premises, which has functioned as the party’s central office for nearly five decades.Congress, however, has said that it is an attemp…
London, Jan 6 (IANS) Myanmar’s ongoing election, conducted in three phases from December 28 to January 25, is unlikely to bring any change, with Western diplomats and analysts describing it as a “pantomime” – a box-ticking exercise by the military junta to secure international legitimacy, a report said on Monday. It added that while Beijing concluded that an unstable criminal State on its doorstep is untenable, the current elections in Myanmar are neither free nor fair.”Outside polling station…