The second-day meeting of the group of the Pyithu Hluttaw representatives comprising the presidential electoral college was held at the convention hall of the Pyithu Hluttaw at the Hluttaw Complex in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.

U Khin Yi, Speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw, clarified that the nomination proposals for Vice-President candidates were scrutinized by the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw in accordance with Rule 13 of the Election Rules of the President and Vice-Presidents, and were found to be complete. He also explained that the list of the two Vice-President candidates submitted by representatives, arranged in alphabetical order, was Dr Kyaw Swe from the Taungdwingyi Constituency and Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.

As more than one candidate has been nominated by the group of elected Pyithu Hluttaw representatives for the position of Vice-President, the Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker informed the Hluttaw that one Vice-President will be elected by secret voting, using ballots, in accordance with Rule 16 of the Election Rules of the President and Vice-Presidents.

The Speaker explained the way of voting in accord with the law and rules on election of the President and Vice-Presidents.

An official from the Pyithu Hluttaw Office counted the ballots to be used in the election of the Vice-President in the presence of the Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker and members of the group of Pyithu Hluttaw representatives under the election rules.

Pyithu Hluttaw representatives drew the ballots for the secret voting to elect a Vice-President and cast votes secretly. The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw also voted secretly.

Officials from the Pyithu Hluttaw Office checked the number of cast votes from the ballot box in comparison with the ballots issued to the representatives in the presence of the Hluttaw under Rule 18 (k) of the Election Rules of the President and Vice-Presidents.

The Speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw stated that 260 ballot papers had been issued to members of the group of Pyithu Hluttaw representatives involved in the presidential electoral college, and that 260 ballot papers were retrieved from the ballot box, confirming that the numbers match. Therefore, in accordance with Rule 18 (k) (v) of the Election Rules of the President and Vice-Presidents, the voting process was declared valid.

In the election, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing won 247 votes while Dr Kyaw Swe secured 10 votes among 260 voters. Meanwhile, three votes were cancelled.

As such, the Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker approved Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who was elected with the largest number of votes by the group of Pyithu Hluttaw representatives under Rule 22 of the Election Rules of President and Vice-Presidents.

He also announced that the nomination of the elected Vice-President will be submitted to the Speaker of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw.

The Speaker announced that the meeting of the group of Pyithu Hluttaw representatives involved in the presidential electoral college had concluded. — MNA/TTA

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