Myanmar's New Government Is Still Shrouded in Secrecy

  • Opening of parliament ends more than 5O years of military rule
  • New government to have `unprecedented access' to investment

Myanmar Enters a New Political Era

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Aung San Suu Kyi’s party assumed control of Myanmar’sparliament Monday as more than half a century of military rule comes to an end, though who will lead the government and what its priorities will be remain shrouded in secrecy.

Members of Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy, which trounced the military-backed ruling party by a nearly 10-1 margin in November’s poll, posed for photos outside the parliament building in Naypyidaw, though they offered few clues as to what the government would look like.