Myanmar army MPs slam bill to create Suu Kyi 'advisor' role
Myanmar military MPs on Friday said a plan to bolster Aung San Suu Kyi's power with a special advisory role was unconstitutional, as the new civilian government tussled with the army just days after taking office. The Southeast Asian nation was dominated by the military for more than half a century until Wednesday when Suu Kyi and her pro-democracy party took power. In a surprise early act of parliamentary business by the new government, Suu Kyi's party proposed a bill to grant her a special "st
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