Myanmar’s Union Election Commission (UEC) announced Wednesday that 333 parliament representatives to three levels of the parliament have been elected as of Tuesday night after the Sunday election.
Of the 333 representatives, 88 are elected to the Houses of Representatives (Lower House), 33 to the House of Nationalities (Upper House) and 212 to the Region or State Parliament.
Of the 88 elected to the House of Representatives, 78 are dominated by the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) led by Aung San Suu Kyi, while the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) takes six.
Of the 33 elected to the House of Nationalities, NLD dominates 29, while USDP shares two.
Of the 212 elected to the Region or State Parliament, NLD occupies 184, while USDP 17. Up to now, the NLD has secured a total of 291 seats in three levels of the parliament including 78 in the House of Representatives, 29 in the House of Nationalities and 184 in the Region or State Parliament.
With the trend of results, Aung San Suu Kyi’s party is moving closer to an absolute majority in parliament.
Suu Kyi according to Reuters on Wednesday requested a meeting with President Thein Sein and the powerful military chief to discuss national reconciliation.
In letters to the commander-in-chief and the president dated Nov. 10 which the NLD released to media on Wednesday, Suu Kyi requested meetings within a week to discuss the basis of “national reconciliation.”
“It is very important for the dignity of the country and to bring peace of mind to the people,” Suu Kyi said in the letter.
President Thein Sein would meet Suu Kyi, said Zaw Htay, a senior official from the president’s office. “It’s just a question of when.”
Relations between Suu Kyi and armed forces chief Min Aung Hlaing are said to be strained.
One of the biggest sources of tension between Suu Kyi and the military is a clause in the constitution drawn up by the former junta barring her from the presidency because her children are foreign nationals.
Few doubt the clause was inserted to rule her out.