Naypyidaw: Myanmar’s first parliament has been convened in more than two decades on Monday in the capital, Naypyidaw, news agencies reported on Monday.Legislators are likely to vote for chairman and vice chairman during the session.
The regime refused to allow international monitors to oversee the November’s elections and had not allowed international media to cover the voting from inside the country. Journalists who reported from inside Myanmar had to do so secretly.
The military junta also recently overhauled Myanmar’s constitution under which the constitution now requires more than 100 military nominees in parliament.
Myanmar, also known as Burma, has been under military rule since 1962.
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