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.'
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Myanmar's parliament chief rebukes 'sluggish' government
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Daily News, Myanmar News