Officers Resign Posts To Run For Election As Civilians
April 29 2010
At least 22 Burmese senior officials quit their military posts this week to be able to run as civilians in a general election later this year, reports the Deutsche Presse-Agentur.
Under a new constitution there will be 330 elected civilians and 110 elected military representatives. Resigned officers who are elected would not count against the military total.
The following resigned from the military: Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein; Maj. Gen. Nyan Win, minister of foreign...
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