(AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe). She said she will be “above the president” for which her party has a candidate whose identity has not been revealed.
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The results are still being announced, but the NLD has won nearly 90% of the 40% of seats declared so far.
Ye Htut is not immediately available to confirm the report. Calls to his phone went unanswered.
Ye Htut said the government will pursue a peaceful transfer of power “in accordance with the legislated timeline”.
“I would like to invite you to discuss national reconciliation next week at a time of your convenience”. He said it would take place after the Election Commission has completed its duties.
Myanmar’s President Thein Sein (L) leaves after casting his vote in Naypyidaw on November 8, 2015.
In 1990 the NLD won its first election, only for the army to swat aside the result and launch a crackdown on dissent.
The process was peaceful and without intimidation or irregularities, he said. The former general has led Myanmar’s military-backed government for five years.
It also sets the stage for cooperation between democratic activists and the army, which had fought them during half a century of iron-fisted rule before a handover to a semi-civilian government in 2011.
In statements released via Facebook, Thein Sein and the powerful army chief Min Aung Hlaing congratulated Suu Kyi’s party, vowed to respect the poll result and work with the new government. While the results have not yet been officially announced, both Aung San Suu Kyi and incumbent President Thein Sein have declared the NLD the winners. Suu Kyi has said that a civilian from the party will be up for the post shall the NLD win, although she has indicated she will lead the government from Parliament.
Of the 536 seats, 179 are in the House of Representatives (Lower House), 77 in the House of Nationalities (Upper House) and 280 in the Region or State Parliament, according to the Union Election Commission (UEC), reported Xinhua news agency.
The story of a country long closed off from the world taking a step toward a more open society is a nice one, but in Myanmar’s case, it’s neither tidy nor certain.
On Tuesday, she told the BBC she would make the big decisions while a colleague holds the post. “That’s why I am helping and working for her”. Ms Suu Kyi appealed for a meeting with the two men on Wednesday to ensure the “people’s will” is respected as the vote count dragged on.
The military bloc, which under the terms of the 2008 constitution maintains 25 percent, is assured of the other vice president position. Her late husband and two sons are British.
He said Suu Kyi “will start working for reconciliation first”.
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She has made it clear she will run the country regardless of who the NLD elects as president and described the constitution as “very silly”.
