According To Myanmar President, Transition Of Power Will Be Smooth

“I’m looking forward to seeing all the ethnic groups come together to help build the future of our nation”, he said.

These elections may be the fairest for 50 years and appear to have brought real change, but because of these undemocratic aspects of the constitution, many observers still regard them as “flawed”.

Yet the country’s military is not about to disappear.

“What we have been struggling for all these years finally bears fruit”, said Aung Naing Tun, 37, a merchant and supporter at NLD’s headquarters in Rangoon, also known as Yangon. President Koirala has praised the courage and commitment shown by the people of Myanmar in the recent election.

A resounding victory for Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) sets the stage for a radical rebalancing of power in Myanmar, dominated for generations by repressive and economically-ruinous military rule.

The new parliament’s inaugural session will take place in January 2016 and presidential run will follow in February.

Results were not final at the time of publication, but the NLD was on target to win more than 270 of the 330 elected seats (82%) in the People’s Assembly, and more than 150 of the 168 elected seats (90%) in the House of Nationalities.

“During the remainder of my government’s term in office, existing laws, regulations, procedures, and guidance will continue to be upheld, and a smooth transition undertaken”, he said, according to a report in the official Global New Light of Myanmar. Parties have campaigned amidst sectarian violence between Buddhists and Muslims.

Suu Kyi, 70, has not spoken to the party faithful since Monday. “She faces heavy responsibilities and duties to our fragile country”.

He voiced concerns over whether “ethnic voices can be heard” now in the new Parliament. It needs that amount because the constitution reserves 25% of seats in both houses of parliament for the army.

His intense interest in Burma was kindled in 1987 while he was in India, where he struck up a friendship with two young scholars, Michael Aris and his wife, Aung San Suu Kyi, the daughter of Burma’s independence hero, Aung San.

It is important to remember, however, that the road map of political reform was initiated from the top.

The armed forces commander, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and President Thein Sein have been unambiguous in their endorsements of the NLD victory.

Suu Kyi has never visited the refugee camps that house some 140,000 people, mainly Rohingya. She grew up in a political environment – the daughter of General Aung San, who is regarded as the father of Burmese independence. She has not been in a position to do very much.

“Now that she has won, just wait until she really takes over the government”.

One of Suu Kyi’s formidable challenges is to put an end to decades of conflict with armed ethnic groups.

There are high expectations for it to pursue an economic overhaul started by Thein Sein and his technocrats, which has delivered record foreign investment, improvements in power, infrastructure and telecoms and booms for tourism, construction and banking.

The NLD landslide – which means it will form a government on its own – has spoiled hopes by ethnic parties that they would be kingmakers in national politics, trading support for cabinet seats and a strong say in efforts to unwind the country’s highly centralised government. The NLD’s gains in the minority ethnic states contributed to its victory.