Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Granite and Rainbow

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/30/myanmar-swears-in-htin-kyaw-as-first-civilian-president-in-decades
New president suggests the junta-drafted constitution that barred Aung San Suu Kyi from the presidency will be changed

Myanmar has sworn-in Htin Kyaw as the country’s first civilian president in half a century, a man who is expected to act as a proxy for Aung San Suu Kyi in her fight to end the army’s grip on power.
The 69-year-old, dressed in the National League for Democracy (NLD) party’s orange shirt, took an oath during a short ceremony and suggested that the junta-drafted constitution that barred Aung San Suu Kyi from the presidency will be changed. [Read more].
Myanmar’s new president, Htin Kyaw, arrives with Aung San Suu Kyi at the parliament in Naypyitaw. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA.

Aung San Suu Kyi has said she will be “above the president” but might not have a formal position in government. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA.

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