Myanmar’s President Thein Sein Pledges ‘Smooth Transition’
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Myanmar’s transition of power to the new government will be “carried out smoothly,” President Thein Sein said Sunday.
“As promised, the government has held free elections,” the president said in Yangon at a meeting with representatives of the National League for Democracy, winner of last week’s election, and other parties. Power will be transferred “systematically to the new government and there should be no worries regarding with this. I will do it to be smoothly and calmly,” he said.