Myanmar Election 2015
NLD set to control both Myanmar's national, regional govt
NLD set to control both Myanmar's national, regional govt
Supporters of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi read the official results of the elections from a newspaper outside the National League of Democracy headquarters in Yangon on Nov 10. (AFP photo)
Last updated: 10 November 2015 | 20:39
YANGON/MANDALAY -- Fresh results from Myanmar's election on Tuesday showed the opposition taking control of most regional assemblies as well as forming the next government, handing democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi sweeping powers and reshaping the political landscape.
The election commission said on Tuesday the National League for Democracy had won 78 of the 88 seats declared so far for the 440-strong lower house. No seats have been declared in the upper house.
Official results also showed that Sunday's election had handed the NLD a landslide win in the battle for regional assemblies, with Mrs Suu Kyi's party winning 97 of the 107 seats declared so far for local legislatures and the Union Solidarity and Development Party just three.
The ruling party, which was created by the country's former junta and is led by retired military officers, on Monday conceded defeat in an election that was a major milestone on Myanmar's rocky path from dictatorship to democracy.
But results dribbled out by the election commission have shown that their USDP was not just beaten in the polls, it was trounced.
Mrs Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) said its own tally of results posted at polling stations around the country showed it was on track to take more than two-thirds of seats that were contested in parliament, enough to form Myanmar's first democratically elected government since the early 1960s.
NLD spokesman Win Htein said on Tuesday the party would win more than 250 of the 330 seats not occupied by the military in the lower house of parliament. Under the constitution drawn up by the former junta, a quarter of the parliamentary seats are unelected and reserved for the armed forces.
Reuters was not able to independently verify the party's own estimates of its performance.
"The difference between the parties is huge. It's a clear win," said Sitida, a 37-year-old Buddhist monk in the central city of Mandalay who marched in the country's 2007 "Saffron Revolution" protests that were bloodily crushed by the junta.
Mr Sitida, who was sentenced to 70 years in prison for his role in the demonstrations but was given amnesty as part of political reforms in 2011, said the military would now have to accept the NLD's win and negotiate an orderly retreat from politics.
"Daw Suu can make this happen. Daw Suu can convince them," he said, referring to Mrs Suu Kyi with an honorific.
'Now comes the hard part'
However, while the USDP has been cut down and much of the establishment shaken by the extent of Mrs Suu Kyi's victory, the army remains a formidable power.
In addition to its guaranteed bloc of parliament's seats, the commander-in-chief nominates the heads of three powerful and big-budget ministries -- interior, defence and border security -- and the constitution also gives him the right to take over the government under certain circumstances.
Although the military has said it would accept the outcome of the election, analysts say a period of uncertainty still looms for the former Burma because it is not clear how Mrs Suu Kyi would share power easily with the generals.
Sunday's vote was Myanmar's first general election since its long-ruling military ceded power to President Thein Sein's quasi-civilian government in 2011, ushering in a period of reform and opening up to foreign investors.
In this photograph taken late on Nov 9, supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party gather outside the NLD headquarters in Yangon. (AFP photo)
Money from abroad flowed in quickly as sanctions were eased. Foreign direct investment stood at US$8 billion in the year to April 2015, more than five times the amount invested just two years earlier.
The apparently overwhelming victory was a moment that Mrs Suu Kyi would relish after spending years under house arrest following a 1990 election, when her NLD won a landslide victory that was ignored by the junta.
Mrs Suu Kyi is barred by the constitution from taking the presidency herself, though she has said she would be the real power behind the new president, regardless of a charter she has derided as "very silly".
Washington on Monday welcomed the election as a victory for Myanmar's people but said it would watch for the democratic process to move forward before making any adjustments to remaining US sanctions on a country long considered a pariah.
President Barack Obama has invested significant personal effort in Myanmar, visiting the country twice in the past three years, hoping to make its democratic transition a legacy of his presidency and an element of his strategic "pivot" to Asia.
Daniel Russel, the US assistant secretary of state for East Asia, said that after 50 years of military dictatorship, "this was a hell of a step forward for the democratic process in Burma" but added: "Now comes the hard part."
For the United States and the international community to provide the kind of support Myanmar needed, Mr Russel said, the transition from the current government to the future administration "is going to have to be credible".
เลือกตั้งพม่า 2015ตั้งพรรค NLD เพื่อควบคุม govt ของพม่าทั้งชาติ ระดับภูมิภาค ตั้งพรรค NLD เพื่อควบคุม govt ของพม่าทั้งชาติ ระดับภูมิภาคหัวใจของผู้นำฝ่ายค้านพม่าอองซานซูจีอ่านผลเลือกตั้งอย่างเป็นทางการจากหนังสือพิมพ์ภายนอกสำนักงานใหญ่สันนิบาตชาติประชาธิปไตยในย่างกุ้งวันที่ 10 พ.ย. (AFP photo)ปรับปรุงล่าสุด: 10 2015 พฤศจิกายน | 20:39ย่างกุ้ง/มัณฑะเลย์ - ผลสดจากการเลือกตั้งของพม่าในวันอังคารที่แสดงให้เห็นว่าฝ่ายค้านควบคุมของแอสเซมบลีภูมิภาคส่วนใหญ่ ตลอดจนการเป็นรัฐบาลถัดไป handing ประชาธิปไตยแชมเปี้ยนนางอองซานซูจีกวาดอำนาจ และ reshaping ภูมิทัศน์ทางการเมืองกกต.กล่าวว่า ในวันอังคารสันนิบาตแห่งชาติเพื่อประชาธิปไตยชนะ 78 ที่นั่ง 88 ที่ประกาศไกลบ้านต่ำกว่า 440 แรง ที่นั่งไม่ได้รับการประกาศในสภาสูงผลอย่างเป็นทางการยัง แสดงให้เห็นว่า การเลือกตั้งวันอาทิตย์ได้มอบพรรค NLD แผ่นดินถล่มชนะในการต่อสู้สำหรับแอสเซมบลีภูมิภาค กับพรรคของนางซูจีชนะ 97 ที่นั่ง 107 ที่ประกาศจน legislatures ท้องถิ่นสามัคคี และพัฒนาบุคคลเพียงสามหุบุคคล ซึ่งถูกสร้าง โดยยึดเดิมของประเทศ และนำ โดยเจ้าหน้าที่ทหารปลดเกษียณ จันทร์ conceded พ่ายแพ้ในการเลือกตั้งที่เป็นก้าวสำคัญของพม่าหาเส้นทางจากเผด็จการประชาธิปไตยแต่ผลที่ dribbled ออก โดยกกต.ได้แสดงให้เห็นว่า USDP ของพวกเขาถูกไม่เพียงตีในการสำรวจ มันถูก trouncedMrs Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) said its own tally of results posted at polling stations around the country showed it was on track to take more than two-thirds of seats that were contested in parliament, enough to form Myanmar's first democratically elected government since the early 1960s.NLD spokesman Win Htein said on Tuesday the party would win more than 250 of the 330 seats not occupied by the military in the lower house of parliament. Under the constitution drawn up by the former junta, a quarter of the parliamentary seats are unelected and reserved for the armed forces.Reuters was not able to independently verify the party's own estimates of its performance."The difference between the parties is huge. It's a clear win," said Sitida, a 37-year-old Buddhist monk in the central city of Mandalay who marched in the country's 2007 "Saffron Revolution" protests that were bloodily crushed by the junta.Mr Sitida, who was sentenced to 70 years in prison for his role in the demonstrations but was given amnesty as part of political reforms in 2011, said the military would now have to accept the NLD's win and negotiate an orderly retreat from politics."Daw Suu can make this happen. Daw Suu can convince them," he said, referring to Mrs Suu Kyi with an honorific.'Now comes the hard part'However, while the USDP has been cut down and much of the establishment shaken by the extent of Mrs Suu Kyi's victory, the army remains a formidable power.In addition to its guaranteed bloc of parliament's seats, the commander-in-chief nominates the heads of three powerful and big-budget ministries -- interior, defence and border security -- and the constitution also gives him the right to take over the government under certain circumstances.Although the military has said it would accept the outcome of the election, analysts say a period of uncertainty still looms for the former Burma because it is not clear how Mrs Suu Kyi would share power easily with the generals.Sunday's vote was Myanmar's first general election since its long-ruling military ceded power to President Thein Sein's quasi-civilian government in 2011, ushering in a period of reform and opening up to foreign investors.In this photograph taken late on Nov 9, supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party gather outside the NLD headquarters in Yangon. (AFP photo)Money from abroad flowed in quickly as sanctions were eased. Foreign direct investment stood at US$8 billion in the year to April 2015, more than five times the amount invested just two years earlier.The apparently overwhelming victory was a moment that Mrs Suu Kyi would relish after spending years under house arrest following a 1990 election, when her NLD won a landslide victory that was ignored by the junta.Mrs Suu Kyi is barred by the constitution from taking the presidency herself, though she has said she would be the real power behind the new president, regardless of a charter she has derided as "very silly".Washington on Monday welcomed the election as a victory for Myanmar's people but said it would watch for the democratic process to move forward before making any adjustments to remaining US sanctions on a country long considered a pariah.President Barack Obama has invested significant personal effort in Myanmar, visiting the country twice in the past three years, hoping to make its democratic transition a legacy of his presidency and an element of his strategic "pivot" to Asia.Daniel Russel, the US assistant secretary of state for East Asia, said that after 50 years of military dictatorship, "this was a hell of a step forward for the democratic process in Burma" but added: "Now comes the hard part."For the United States and the international community to provide the kind of support Myanmar needed, Mr Russel said, the transition from the current government to the future administration "is going to have to be credible".
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