Myanmar MPs tackle first budget in decades | Bangkok Post: news

Myanmar's fledgling parliament is slaving over its first budget, a daunting task for the inexperienced body in a country where the army has long been used to dipping into state coffers at will.

Myanmar members of parliament, seen here talking outside the parliament building in the capital Naypyidaw. Myanmar's fledgling parliament is slaving over its first budget, a daunting task for the inexperienced body in a country where the army has long been used to dipping into state coffers at will.

It has been almost a year since Myanmar, after decades of military rule, embarked on a political transition with a new nominally civilian government.