YANGON: Myanmar’s parliament took a first step in selecting a replacement for President Htin Kyaw, who retired this week with ill health, by filling the empty seat of one of the country’s three vice-presidents.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party used its majority in the lower house to elect Win Myint as the new vice-president, joining the two existing vice-presidents selected two years ago by the upper house and the military, respectively.
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