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Aung San Suu Kyi meets president and army chief in transition talks | |
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Aung San Suu Kyi, whose party won a landslide victory in elections last month, has met President Thein Sein to discuss the handover of power. | |
She will also separately meet the army chief Min Aung Hlaing. | |
Both men have pledged to assist in a smooth transfer of power after decades of military-backed rule. | |
Ms Suu Kyi is constitutionally barred from becoming president, but has said she will be above the person she nominates for the role. | |
A spokesman for Mr Thein Sein said the discussion with Ms Suu Kyi lasted 45 minutes and focused on how to achieve a peaceful transition of power. | |
Ms Suu Kyi cannot become president because the constitution bars anyone with foreign national children. Her sons have British passports. | |
She led the National League for Democracy (NLD) to a landslide victory in 8 November polls. | She led the National League for Democracy (NLD) to a landslide victory in 8 November polls. |
Despite hundreds of thousands of people, such as the stateless Muslim Rohingya minority, being denied voting rights, the elections were the most democratic in Myanmar in 25 years. | Despite hundreds of thousands of people, such as the stateless Muslim Rohingya minority, being denied voting rights, the elections were the most democratic in Myanmar in 25 years. |
The NLD won about 80% of the seats in parliament, under the country's first-past-the-post, constituency-based electoral system. | The NLD won about 80% of the seats in parliament, under the country's first-past-the-post, constituency-based electoral system. |
Ms Suu Kyi reached out to the president, parliament speaker and army chief for talks after the elections. Details of the discussions are not expected to be released for some time. | Ms Suu Kyi reached out to the president, parliament speaker and army chief for talks after the elections. Details of the discussions are not expected to be released for some time. |
The current parliamentary session ends in January. | |
After that the new NLD-dominated parliament session begin where they will choose a new speaker before selecting two vice-presidents and a president. | |
The army retains a quarter of the seats in both the upper and lower house of parliament, forcing parties without military backing like the NLD to win two-thirds of the seats in order to control both houses of parliament and choose the next president | The army retains a quarter of the seats in both the upper and lower house of parliament, forcing parties without military backing like the NLD to win two-thirds of the seats in order to control both houses of parliament and choose the next president |
The army ruled Myanmar, also known as Burma, with an iron fist from 1962 until 2011. | The army ruled Myanmar, also known as Burma, with an iron fist from 1962 until 2011. |
In 2011, a military-backed civilian government came into power led by Thein Sein. | In 2011, a military-backed civilian government came into power led by Thein Sein. |