Myanmar parliament's first session under new government concludes

The first session of Myanmar's parliamentary House of Representative, or the Lower House, under the new government, which lasted for over four months, ended in Nay Pyi Taw Friday.

During the session, the House was able to approve six important proposals and several bills, Speaker of the House U Win Myint told the press.

The adopted bills include that revoking the law to safeguard the state against the dangers of those desiring to cause subversive acts which was enacted by the previous military government over four decades ago to allow declaration of state of emergency for any territory in the country and restriction of any citizens' fundamental rights.

Other bills include those amending the election laws for the 4th time of the two Houses as well as region or state parliaments, U Win Myint said, adding that there remains four bills to be discussed, including the bill withdrawing the emergency acts, the bill amending the anti-corruption law, the bill related to crude oil and oil products and the bill amending the election law for leading bodies of self-administered regions or zones.

Following the end of its first session, the Lower House is expected to adjourn for about one and a half months to resume for its second session, said U Win Myint.

The first session of the Lower House began on Feb.1. Endit