Abstract
The year 2011 has been Myanmar’s most interesting and significant year in decades. It began like so many others with little hope of real change, despite plans to transfer power to an ostensibly civilian government but ends as it is widely believed with the country is finally moving on the road to irreversible reforms. By-election for 45 seats in the national parliament really achieved three things: it granted the democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi a seat in parliament, gave president Thein Sein and his reformist team significant international recognition, and demonstrated that in spite of with serious limitations Myanmar was on the road to reform.
Keywords
Republic of the Union of Myanmar, president Thein Sein, parliament by-election, president’s initiatives, USA, the ASEAN chairmanship, Aung San Suu Kyi, National League for Democracy (NLD)
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