Topic summary
Assembly of the Union
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Pyidaungsu Hluttaw.
Composition
The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (Union Assembly) is a bicameral body made up of a 440-seat Pyithu Hluttaw (People's Assembly) and the 224-seat Amyotha Hluttaw (National Assembly). The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw consists of 664 members in total. 75% of MPs (498 members) are directly elected by voters, while the remaining 25% (166 members) are military personnel appointed by the Defence Services' Commander-in-Chief. This policy is similar to Indonesia's New Order model (as part of the dwifungsi doctrine), which guaranteed a number of parliamentary seats to military appointees. The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw is sometimes translated as the Assembly of the Union.