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Myanmar parliament speaker's son resigns as personal assistant

Xinhua, April 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

Myanmar new parliament speaker U Mann Win Khaing Than's son has resigned as his father's personal assistant and was replaced by the deputy director of the Office of the House of Nationalities, the local Voice reported Tuesday.

The resignation came a day after the President's Office issued a directive banning its cabinet members from appointing their own relatives as personal assistants who are referred as their own spouses, children, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, niece, nephew and grand children.

Only public servants are allowed to take up such posts in accordance with public servant rules, the directive said.

According to reports, former speaker of the House of Nationalities U Khin Aung Myint appointed his own son as his personal assistant and had served in the post for five years.

Meanwhile, the President's Office also issued a directive on April 5 banning its cabinet members, government organization officials and employees from taking bribery as part of its measures to fight corruption which has long been prevalent in the country.

The directive warned that moral corruption is widespread in the country impacting on its society, economy and rule of law and the new government aims to totally eliminating such customary corruption in a short period. Enditem