Granite and Rainbow

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].

• Oliver Holmes, Myanmar swears in Htin Kyaw as first civilian president in decades, The Guardian, March 30, 2016

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.