NAYPYIDAW, March 16 — During the first regular session of the Third Pyithu Hluttaw (House of Representatives) convened on March 19—forty-nine days after the recent elections—U Khin Yi, Chairman of the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), was elected as Parliamentary Speaker.

Subsequently, the assembly elected U Maung Maung Ohn, the Minister for Information and a Pyithu Hluttaw representative, to serve as Deputy Speaker.

All 373 Pyithu Hluttaw representatives attended the inaugural session, marking a 100 percent turnout with zero absentees. Both leadership positions were filled unopposed.

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