Off the wire
• Roundup: Japan to adopt resolution to protest DPRK's rocket launch, maintains alert level for further tests  • 37 killed in fresh military operations in Afghanistan: gov't  • 2nd LD Writethru: Mumbai attacks main suspect admits working with Pakistan-based group  • 1st LD Writethru: Mumbai terror attacks main suspect admits working for Pakistan-based group  • Urgent: Mumbai attacks suspect admits working with Pakistan-based group  • Myanmar's newly-elected region, state parliament begin first sessions  • Latin America's solar energy potential being tapped  • Boat carrying 6 Chinese tourists capsizes off Cambodian coast, all rescued  • Pixar's "Inside Out" wins Annie Awards best animation feature  • China Voice: Where does China's confidence come from?  
You are here: 　 Home

Myanmar president calls for safeguarding constitution in parliament undertaking

Xinhua, February 8, 2016 Adjust font size:

Myanmar President U Thein Sein on Monday called for safeguarding 2008 constitution in parliament undertaking of drafting, amending and abolishing the laws.

In his message to the first session of new Union Parliament, U Thein Sein stressed the importance of conserving peace and stability of the country and cooperation with ethnic people.

The new union parliament made up of the House of Representatives (Lower House) and the House of Nationalities (Upper House) began its first session on the same day, which also took place simultaneously with new sessions of region or state parliament in their respective regions and states in the country.

The union parliament set March 17 as the date for three groups of the union parliament representatives to nominate their respective candidates for presidential run.

The summon for the first sessions of union parliament, lower house, upper house came nearly three months after the end of the general election on Nov. 8, 2015, in which the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, won the absolute majority of the parliamentary seats. Enditem