Speaker Rejects Myanmar Military, Proxy Party’s Call for Special Parliament Session
Military representatives in Myanmar's Union Parliament in March 2020. / The Irrawaddy
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By San Yamin Aung 12 January 2021
YANGON — Myanmar’s parliamentary speaker has rejected as “not relevant” a call to convene a special session to resolve electoral fraud claims made by the military and its proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP).
A total of 203 lawmakers, including 160 military appointees, 36 USDP lawmakers, four Arakan National Party members, two independents and one National United Democratic Party member on Monday submitted the proposal calling Speaker T Khun Myat to convene a special session on alleged electoral fraud before the new parliament convenes.