Suu Kyi has criticised the long handover process, calling the constitution that proscribes it “very silly”.
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In opposition, Suu Kyi’s party could count on many of these groups as allies, partly on the basis of the concept that “my enemy’s enemy is my friend”.
The NLD on Friday sailed through the two-thirds majority it needs to rule, claiming 364 parliamentary seats with a number of results yet to be declared.
While an NLD majority assures it of being able to elect the president, Ms Suu Kyi remains constitutionally barred from becoming president.
Despite the trappings of the current civilian government, the military still tightly controls a quarter of parliament, key ministries, the police and vast business holdings.
He called for convening the second term of the parliament in order to carry out the peaceful transfer systematically to the emerging new government. “That is true democracy”.
But both the army chief and President Thein Sein, whose reforms have opened the country to the world, have vowed to respect the election result. – Pic courtesy of Mohd Rafique Khairul Bashar, November 15, 2015.
“If you look at the parliament and think who (among the USDP) will be there again in the spring, it’s literally a handful”, said Sean Turnell, an expert on Myanmar’s economy at Sydney’s Macquarie University.
“Since we are having a landslide majority, there is no way we would consider a coalition” with ethnic parties, NLD spokesman Win Htein told Reuters.
He, however, said they also felt the excitement over the end of military rule as the general election saw a huge turnout of about more than 80%.
All three have accepted the invitation but only Shwe Mann, whose eagerness to work with Suu Kyi made him enemies among the military elite, has already set a date for his meeting – Thursday.
“Of course, we are happy, (our) biggest enemy which is the military government has lost”.
Mohd Rafique Khairul Bashar, chairman of Ethnic Rohingya Committee of Arakan (ERCA) Malaysia said he was optimistic that Suu Kyi would allow them to return home. The main parties have also shown extreme bias: “to stave off criticism from the racist and Buddhist nationalist Ma Ba Tha”, she added.
She had emerged only briefly the morning after voting to say it was too early to proclaim victory and to ask her supporters to stay calm and not rile their opponents.
Observers predict tremulous times ahead for the Nobel laureate, with a few four months before an NLD led government can take the reins under Myanmar’s complex political system. I believe we will regain our rights, enjoy human rights.
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President Koirala extends best wishes for her in her mission of advancing national unity and reconciliation within an overall framework of democratic polity and put the country on the path of inclusive development.
