TIWN
Yangon, Nov 19 (TIWN) Myanmar's ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party, headed by incumbent State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, pledged on Tuesday to fulfil the needs and aspirations of people after winning a landslide majority in the November 8 general elections.
The NLD party said in its first message to the public after result announcements of general elections that it will continue implementing its three goals mentioned in the election manifesto, to strive for ethnic affairs and internal peace, a constitution that can create a democratic federal union, and sustainable development and security. The party also committed to be dutiful in response to the trust and support of people to the party in the general elections, saying that the party managed to achieve public support for over 30 years since 1990 general elections. The NLD party won a sweeping victory by grabbing majority of seats in three levels of parliament in this year's general elections. According to a result announcement by the Union Election Commission on Sunday, the NLD party secured 920 seats, out of 1,117 contested parliamentary seats in the elections.
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