緬甸選出新總統

Myanmar’s parliament has voted to elect Htin Kyaw as the country’s next president.

The retired bureaucrat from the National League for Democracy (NLD) won 360 out of the 652 votes cast in a joint meeting of the legislature.

Htin Kyaw is not a member of parliament, but he is a close confidant of NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

The Nobel Laureate is the obvious favorite of most Myanmar citizens, but she is barred from becoming president because both of her sons have foreign citizenship.

However, Aung San Suu Kyi has declared she will retain ultimate power over her handpicked president. The military will remain powerful in the new government because it automatically holds one-quarter of the parliamentary seats and will control several key ministries.

The army’s candidate for president, General Myint Swe, placed second in the three man race and will become the first vice president.緬甸議會通過表決，推選吳廷覺爲下屆總統。

退休官員吳廷覺是緬甸全國民主聯盟成員。他在議會聯席會議表決中，贏得了652票中的360票。

吳廷覺不是議員，但他是全民聯領袖昂山素季的密友。

昂山素季在緬甸深孚衆望，但因爲她的兩個兒子都是外國公民，所以不能擔任總統。

然而，昂山素季曾宣稱將凌駕於自己挑選的總統之上，掌握絕對權力。緬甸軍方自動擁有四分之一議席，並控制着幾個關鍵的部，因此仍具有強大的勢力。

在3位總統候選人當中，軍方候選人敏瑞將軍得票居第2位，將出任第1副總統。