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Denmark hails Myanmar election

According to the latest results from Myanmar’s election commission, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition party needs 38 more seats to acquire a majority in the 664-member, two-house Parliament.

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Under the constitution drawn up by Myanmar’s former junta, Suu Kyi is barred by the constitution from taking the presidency because her children are foreign nationals, a clause few doubt was inserted specifically to rule her out.

Suu Kyi issued an invitation on Wednesday for a meeting with the commander, along with President Thein Sein and House Speaker Shwe Mann.

After the NLD won the election in 1990, the election was annulled and San Suu Kyi was placed under long-term house arrest.

Yesterday, election officials said the NLD took its haul to 163 of the 182 seats declared so far across the lower and upper houses. The ruling Communist Party hosted Aung San Suu Kyi in June, during which she met with China’s president and party leader, Xi Jinping, in a sign of Beijing’s willingness to adapt to the changing political landscape.

She has requested meetings with Burma’s military chief, the president and the chairman of parliament to discuss the formation of a new government. “We don’t want to see a military government any longer”.

Now she’s the nation’s leader.

However, the military will appoint a quarter of all lawmakers in both houses of the parliament. In a state of emergency, a special military-led body can even assume state powers.

It said a message was received Wednesday from Information Minister Ye Htut on behalf of the president.

Earlier, the UEC announced that Suu Kyi won the Sunday’s poll from Yangon’s Kawhmu constituency, mainly against rival U Kyaw Zin Hein, candidate of the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), and has been re-elected to the House of Representatives (Lower House).

“They are careful”, he said of Myanmar citizens, post-election. “He will act in accordance with the decisions of the party”, said Suu Kyi, adding that the president will be “told exactly what he can do”. “Public trust can be won through correct deeds”, said Min Aung Hlaing in a speech posted on his Facebook account, referring to the military.

Taiwan on Wednesday congratulated Myanmar on the successful completion of its general elections on November 8, the first poll since a nominally civilian government was introduced in 2011, ending almost 50 years of military rule.

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While the NLD looks to win firm control of parliament, 25 percent of its seats are reserved for the military, which also retains an automatic veto on legislation. For the NLD to have the winning majority and be able to select the president, it will need at least two-thirds of all seats.

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