Elected MPs challenge Myanmar junta, appoint four ministers 2 minutes read
Yangon, Myanmar, March 3 (efe-epa).- Elected parliamentarians who do not recognize Myanmar’s military junta have challenged the military and appointed several ministers, including a foreign minister.
The appointments were made Tuesday by the parliamentary committee, which groups part of the parliamentarians elected in November and could not formally assume their seats due to the Feb. 1 military coup.
The army stopped the majority of the elected government, including deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint, on the morning of the coup, canceling the parliamentary inauguration scheduled for the same day.
Public Backlash, Sanctions Threat Put Myanmar Junta Appointees in Tight Spot
U Thaung Tin speaks to the media in May 2014.
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By The Irrawaddy 8 February 2021
The cabinet of Myanmar’s military junta comprises generals, ex-military officials and some members of its political proxy party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP).
Some of the new ministers were simply informed at the last minute of their appointments. At least one civilian reportedly declined to join: U Thaung Tin, the founder of KMD Computer Group, was offered the Transport and Communications portfolio but turned it down.
U Thaung Tin was one of the civilian ministers in then-President U Thein Sein’s quasi-civilian government, serving as deputy minister of communications and information technology.