Suu Kyi's Party 'Boycotts' Parliament over Oath

April 23, 2012 from Al Jazeera English

Following by-elections earlier this month, members of the National League for Democracy were supposed to take their seats in Myanmar's parliament today, but are protesting the wording of an oath. It requires them to pledge to protect a constitution they say is undemocratic and should be changed. Al Jazeera's Wayne Hay reports from the capital Naypyidaw.

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National League for Democracy

The National League for Democracy is a Burmese political party founded on 27 September 1988. House Representative and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi serves as its General Secretary. The party won a substantial parliamentary majority in the 1990 Burmese general ele... Explore this topic

Myanmar

Burma, also known as Myanmar, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia bordered by China, Thailand, India, Laos and Bangladesh. One-third of Burma's total perimeter of 1,930 kilometres forms an uninterrupted coastline along the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. Its population o... Explore this topic

Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi MP AC is a Burmese opposition politician and chairperson of the National League for Democracy in Burma. In the 1990 general election, the NLD won 59% of the national votes and 81% of the seats in Parliament. She had, however, already been detained under house ... Explore this topic

Politics of Myanmar

Burma is a unitary presidential constitutional republic under its 2008 constitution. Explore this topic

Constitution

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Naypyidaw

Naypyidaw, Nay Pyi Taw ou em português Nepiedó ou Naipidau é a capital de Mianmar desde 2005. Razões estratégicas da junta militar no poder motivaram a escolha de uma nova capital que substituísse Rangum. O seu nome significa "Cidade real" ou "Sede de reis" e o seu nome foi an... Explore this topic

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw

The Assembly of the Union is the national-level bicameral legislature of Myanmar established by the 2008 National Constitution. The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw is made up of two houses, the Amyotha Hluttaw, a 224-seat upper house as well as the Pyithu Hluttaw, a 440-seat lower house. E... Explore this topic

Boycott

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Myanmar by-elections, 2012

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Constitutional amendment

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