Delayed post-election talks put transition in doubt
President U Thein Sein appears to have delayed indefinitely a meeting with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to discuss the transfer of power to a new government following her party’s landslide election victory.
A representative of the president says talks with the National League for Democracy leader will not happen until all complaints about election results have been resolved by the Union Election Commission.
The process could take months and run beyond the transition period running up to the convening of the new parliament in late January and its election of the president in February.
