Opening session behind barricades and under strict security precautions: In Burma, meets for the first time in 22 years of a parliament. 80 percent of MPs are loyal to the regime. Rangoon - After the first elections in two decades has come together in the military dictatorship of Burma, a new parliament.
This Monday came along upper and lower houses of the junta in the newly created huge parliamentary complex in the capital, Naypyidaw. A quarter of the representatives appointed by the military regime, three-quarters had been determined in the disputed election in November last year. The appointed members and pro-regime parties together have more than 80 percent of the seats.
The first session of Parliament, the military junta set up barricades outside the building and tightened security controls. One of the first tasks of the Parliament is to determine the candidates for president. As a promising candidate besides Than Shwe is the third man in the junta hierarchy, Shwe Mann, the Constitution foresees that meet the Parliament once a year.
The roughly 350 kilometers north of Yangon located new capital Naypyidaw, where is the parliament, the junta in 2005 had far from the public life to build in the jungle. The United Nations and many governments have criticized the elections in November, the first since 20 years ago: The vote was neither free nor transparent or fair was.
The ruling military since 1962, would cement his power under the guise of democratization, it said. There are still imprisoned in Burma more than 2,000 political prisoners. The military junta had the ballot, however, presented as a step towards a "disciplined democracy". Opposition candidates were allowed, but the military junta held the reins in his hand.
been excluded from the polls was the Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, whose National League for Democracy (NLD), the last free elections in 1990 had won. The military government never recognized the result. Suu Kyi has spent most of the past 20 years under house arrest or in detention since the elections in November, she was released.
In the past week, the NLD failed before the Supreme Court once again prevent the attempt, due to their boycott of the election ordered compulsory liquidation. 
This Monday came along upper and lower houses of the junta in the newly created huge parliamentary complex in the capital, Naypyidaw. A quarter of the representatives appointed by the military regime, three-quarters had been determined in the disputed election in November last year. The appointed members and pro-regime parties together have more than 80 percent of the seats.
The first session of Parliament, the military junta set up barricades outside the building and tightened security controls. One of the first tasks of the Parliament is to determine the candidates for president. As a promising candidate besides Than Shwe is the third man in the junta hierarchy, Shwe Mann, the Constitution foresees that meet the Parliament once a year.
The roughly 350 kilometers north of Yangon located new capital Naypyidaw, where is the parliament, the junta in 2005 had far from the public life to build in the jungle. The United Nations and many governments have criticized the elections in November, the first since 20 years ago: The vote was neither free nor transparent or fair was.
The ruling military since 1962, would cement his power under the guise of democratization, it said. There are still imprisoned in Burma more than 2,000 political prisoners. The military junta had the ballot, however, presented as a step towards a "disciplined democracy". Opposition candidates were allowed, but the military junta held the reins in his hand.
been excluded from the polls was the Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, whose National League for Democracy (NLD), the last free elections in 1990 had won. The military government never recognized the result. Suu Kyi has spent most of the past 20 years under house arrest or in detention since the elections in November, she was released.
In the past week, the NLD failed before the Supreme Court once again prevent the attempt, due to their boycott of the election ordered compulsory liquidation.
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