Part III Southern Asia, 17 Myanmar »
Thida Aye, James Finch
From: Asia Arbitration Handbook
Edited By: Michael Moser, John Choong
17.01 Myanmar is in a post-election period and a new government was formed in March 2011 under the new constitution 2008 (the New Constitution). 17.02 The President is the executive head of the government. The supreme legislative body is the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw.1 There are other levels of the same legislative body, having limited power with respect to subject matter and geographical areas. They are the Region Hluttaw or the State Hluttaw and the Leading Bodies of the Self-Administered Divisions or the Self-Administered Zones. The enactment of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw...
