A New Government in Myanmar, But Obstacles Remain

After years of slow democratic reform, Myanmar celebrated a momentous achievement this week when Htin Kyaw was sworn in as President, making him the first democratically elected civilian president in over half a century.  

Led by Nobel Peace Prize recipient and former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi, the National League for Democracy (NLD) won a parliamentary majority last November.  The party earned nearly 80 percent of votes after a longstanding struggle for free and fair elections and now holds 395 out of 664 seats in the two houses of parliament, according to BBC.

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