Diversity added to President Thein Sein’s administration
Posted by: PNA
Post Date: 7 Feb 2013
Personnel changes are shifting the focus of
President Thein Sein’s administration, and helping to mold a more diverse
political system for the country of Myanmar.
Yesterday, Myanmar's president appointed opposition lawmaker Tin Shwe,
to his cabinet. The Wednesday assignment is believed to assist in coalescing
the country’s various political objectives
by giving a political rival a voice in the reformist government; a first
in the nation’s history.
Tin Shwe, an upper house member of parliament
from the National Democratic Force (NDF), was appointed as deputy minister of
hotels and tourism by President Thein Sein.
Mr. Tin Shwe, a 67-year-old doctor, resigned from
his current position to execute his duties in cabinet. He is leaving the NDF, a
splinter group of the National League for Democracy (NLD), in the hands of four lawmakers who span both
houses of parliament in Naypyitaw.
Several political groups have greeted the
appointment with enthusiasm, but have also expressed mild consternation.
"There was no negotiation with the party and
we didn't know about it in advance," NDF chairman Khin Maung Swe commented
about the appointment. He later added the party nonetheless supported the
appointment. Members of the NDF maintained that they “would not go easy on the
government now” because one of its
former members is in the cabinet.
Since his appointment, President Thein Sein has
prompted several reforms to effect
change in the previously junta-ruled nation.
The NDF
has stated, the party will
continue to oppose any proposals that do not benefit the people of Myanmar.
Source: Agence France-Presse (AFP)
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