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July 9th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
The 67-year-old, one of the NLD’s 37 lower house members of parliament,
postponed her debut in the fledgling legislature last week to recover from a
gruelling European tour and visit her constituency.
Fellow lower house NLD MP May Win Myint said she was “excited” about
Suu Kyi’s arrival.
“We are ready to support her,” she said.
Parliament is still dominated by the military and its political allies, but
even military men appeared pleased to see the veteran activist, despite NLD
plans to ease them out of the legislature by scrapping a constitutional
provision granting them a quarter of seats.
“It’s good that she arrived today, we all welcome her,” said
Brigadier General Wai Lin.
No special provisions were made for the attendance of Burma’s most famous
political figure, who listened attentively as other MPs spoke in a morning
debate.
Suu Kyi barely created a stir among legislators in the lower house, but was
surrounded by members of the press during a coffee break, telling reporters
she had yet to decide on any proposals to submit to the parliament.
MPs have a number of pressing issues on the table for discussion during the
current session, which began last Wednesday.
Communal violence in June between ethnic Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya,
which left dozens dead and tens of thousands homeless, is on the agenda,
with an ongoing state of emergency requiring parliamentary approval.
A new foreign investment law aimed at resuscitating the country’s moribund
economy is also in the pipeline.
Suu Kyi on Tuesday pledged her party would join “the legislative concert”
and push for greater transparency once inside parliament.
The party’s involvement in mainstream politics comes as a result of sweeping
changes by a new regime, including the release of hundreds of political
prisoners, liberalising sections of the battered economy and tentative
ceasefires with several major armed ethnic rebel groups.
But the government came under fire from other activists last week after
authorities on Friday briefly detained around 20 student leaders ahead of
the 50th anniversary of a brutal suppression of a student protest.
They were freed late Saturday.
Source: AFP
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