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Myanmar's former ruling party pledges party reform

Xinhua, August 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

Myanmar former ruling party the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) on Monday vowed to adopt a new strategy in accordance with the desire of the people without altering its original objective.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the second Nationwide Party Conference of the USDP in Nay Pyi Taw, Chairman U Thein Sein, who was former president of the country, called for re-assessment of the 2015 general election results and reformation of the party at each level from the bottom up to the central level.

U Thein Sein stressed inter-party consolidation, revival of democracy within the party and working hand-in-hand with new generation party members.

Meanwhile, the USDP revealed at a recent workshop that it is preparing to submit its peace policy to the new government-led 21st Century Panglong Ethnic Conference slated for the end of this month.

The USDP made a major reshuffle of its leadership in August 2015 ahead of the general election, reforming its 47-member central executive committee and retaining then President U Thein Sein as the party's chairman.

In the inter-party reshuffle, 17 senior members were removed, including U Shwe Mann, former speaker of the parliament and now chairman of the new parliament's Legal Affairs and Special Cases Assessment Commission.

The USDP lost to then opposition party, the National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, in the 2015 general election, holding only 10 percent of the total of the parliamentary seats. Enditem