Out with the old: Myanmar’s parliamentary members posing for a picture as they arrive for the last day of the Union parliament’s regular session in Naypyidaw. — AFP
NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s military-stacked parliament began its last session yesterday as Aung San Suu Kyi’s pro-democracy party prepared for a dramatic power transfer that will loosen the army’s 50-year clasp on the country.
De-mob happy lawmakers from the quasi-civilian ruling party arrived for their last day in parliament amid laughter and jokes, after a five-year term that has transformed Myanmar’s political landscape.
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