Representatives will be elected to both the Amyotha Hluttaw and the Pyithu Hluttaw of the Assembly of the Union. The military is currently ruling the country under a state of emergency, set by Acting ...

The 2020 general election was held on November 8 despite the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the 38,271,447 people who had the right to vote in the Pyithu Hluttaw and the Amyotha Hluttaw, ...

A 23-member Parliamentary Delegation from Myanmar — led by U. Khin Aung Myint, Speaker of Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper House) — called on the President. He said both Parliaments have a big role in ...

We need help. By Zin Mar Aung Ms. Zin Mar Aung, a former political prisoner, is an elected member of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (Parliament) of Myanmar and the acting foreign minister of the Committee ...

Myanmar’s parallel civilian government has joined human rights groups in calling on leading oil and gas companies with operations in the nation to stop all payments to the military junta that ...

Although vote-counting is still ongoing in Kachin state, the NLD has so far won 23 of the state’s 30 constituencies for the Amyotha Hluttaw and Pyithu Hluttaw, according to the leader of the party’s ...

It won four Pyithu Hluttaw, or lower house, seats in Sittwe, Ramree, Taungup and Munaung and four Amyotha Hluttaw seats in Sittwe, Kyaukphyu, Munaung, Ramree and Ann, and Taungup. It also secured ...

A total of 5,643 candidates representing more than 90 parties contested for 1,171 national, state, and regional seats. Myanmar’s bicameral parliament, Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, is divided into the Amyotha ...

The Union Hluttaw (Union Parliament) is comprised of 664 MPs. The Pyithu Hluttaw (Lower House) has 440 MPs, inclusive of 110 Tatmadaw MPs, and the Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper House) has 224 MPs, inclusive ...

She also met with members of parliament, in particular, U Aye Tha Aung, the Deputy Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper House) in his capacity as Chair of the Committee for Supporting Peace and ...