Shwe Mann, speaker of Myanmar's lower house of parliament, arrives for Myanmar's first parliament meeting after November 8's general elections, in Naypyitaw November 16, 2015. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar's parliament chairman on Monday urged lawmakers from the ruling party thrashed at the polls to play fair in the outgoing legislature's remaining debates, which could determine the budget a new opposition-led government will inherit next year.
The National League for Democracy (NLD) won an outright majority in the Nov. 8 election and its leader Aung San Suu Kyi met reformist house speaker Shwe Mann on Sunday to ask for help in a drawn-out transition expected to be concluded in late March.
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