Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Myanmar's parliament chief rebukes 'sluggish' government

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YANGON (REUTERS) - A senior figure in Myanmar's parliament on Wednesday described recent reforms in the country as 'sluggish and unsatisfactory' and urged the civilian government to act faster to push through legislation for the benefit of the public.
Mr Thura Shwe Mann, the lower house speaker and former third-in-command of the junta that ceded power last March, criticised President Thein Sein's administration for not accepting a bill to raise civil service salaries and suggested further reforms might take time.
'If those who have to move do not move, those who have to push will have to push,' Mr Shwe Mann told a forum of businessmen and economists attended by journalists.
'At this rate, matters to review and amend existing laws and enact new ones will not be accomplished during the five-year term of the present parliament.'