NAY PYI TAw: Myanmar's parliament chairman yesterday urged lawmakers from the ruling party thrash
at the polls to play fair in the outgoing legislature's remaining debates which could determine the budget a new opposition-led government will inherit next year. The National League for Democracy (NLD) won an outright majority in the Nov 8 election and its leader Aung San Suu Kyi met reformist House speaker Shwe Mann on Sunday to ask for help in a drawn-out transition expected to be concluded in late March. Former junta heavyweight Shwe Mann has become an unlikely ally for Ms Suu and the loss of his seat and signs of estrangement from the army and his ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) have left his political future uncertain .Most of the current parliamentarians including me, lost in the election and had no to return, he said at the opening of the newsession. Although we won't be coming back, we need to do our best to perform the responsibilities of lawmaker truthfully and faithfully. While we still have the chance, let's give our best the people Some NLD members are concerned military appointed lawmakers