Election losers can still make laws in Burma for 2½ months
A supporter of Burma's National League for Democracy party displays her mobile phone with a picture of Suu Kyi as they gather to celebrate unofficial election results outside the NLD headquarters in Yangon. Pic: AP.
NAYPYITAW, Burma/Myanmar (AP) — The military-backed party overwhelmingly voted out of office in Burma’s general elections still has another 2 ½ months to make laws as the majority — and retains enough potency to complicate matters if it chooses to do so.
The Parliament that began its new session Monday is still dominated by legislators from the Union Solidarity Development Party, which was trounced by Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy in the Nov. 8 elections.
The lame-duck session lasts until Jan. 31, when the new parliament will sit with roles reversed — the NLD will occupy 387 of the 664 seats in the two houses and the USDP will have only 42 seats, down from more than 360 it now holds.
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