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DPR INVITES MYANMAR MPs IN EXILE TO ATTEND AUG 15 SESSION
Jakarta, Aug 14 (ANTARA) - The leadership of the House of Representatives (DPR) has invited members of Myanmar's parliament living in exile to attend a House plenary session on August 15, sources in the House's secretariat said.
Among the Myanmar legislators who had confirmed their readiness to attend the Indonesian parliament's plenary session were Teddy Buri (chairman of the Myanmar Parliamentary Union (MPU), Thein Oo (MPU secretary generral), Win Hlaning (MPU joint secretary), Dr Tint Swe (MPU member) and Dr Sann Aung (MPU member), the sources at the DPR secrtariat general said on Thursday.
The house leadership hoped that the MPU delegation would be able to attend the DPR plenary meeting where the DPR Speaker would formally open the first session of the House's sitting for 2008-2009 and the President of Indonesia deliver a state-of-the-nation speech on the occasion of the 63rd anniversary of Indonesian independence.
"To us in the House's Commission I, inviting the Myanmar parliamentarians is an effort to provide moral support for democracy building in Myanmar and in the ASEAN region in general," chairman of the House's Commission I Theo L Sambuaga said commenting on the House leadership's initiative.
He said a number of MPU members were now living in exile in a number of countries.
The sources at the DPR's secretariat general also said, through the MPU members invited to attend the House plenary session, Indonesia hoped to obtain a clearer picture of the struggle for democracy and human rights in Myanmar.
Among the Myanmar legislators who had confirmed their readiness to attend the Indonesian parliament's plenary session were Teddy Buri (chairman of the Myanmar Parliamentary Union (MPU), Thein Oo (MPU secretary generral), Win Hlaning (MPU joint secretary), Dr Tint Swe (MPU member) and Dr Sann Aung (MPU member), the sources at the DPR secrtariat general said on Thursday.
The house leadership hoped that the MPU delegation would be able to attend the DPR plenary meeting where the DPR Speaker would formally open the first session of the House's sitting for 2008-2009 and the President of Indonesia deliver a state-of-the-nation speech on the occasion of the 63rd anniversary of Indonesian independence.
"To us in the House's Commission I, inviting the Myanmar parliamentarians is an effort to provide moral support for democracy building in Myanmar and in the ASEAN region in general," chairman of the House's Commission I Theo L Sambuaga said commenting on the House leadership's initiative.
He said a number of MPU members were now living in exile in a number of countries.
The sources at the DPR's secretariat general also said, through the MPU members invited to attend the House plenary session, Indonesia hoped to obtain a clearer picture of the struggle for democracy and human rights in Myanmar.
