Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) has nominated two candidates for the presidency, as the country starts the process of selecting a new leader.
The party has named Htin Kyaw as its Lower House nominee for vice president and a lawmaker from the Chin Ethnic minority, Henry Vantriu, as its Upper House nominee.
Both houses would separately choose between the NLD’s candidates and those from other parties.
The winner from each House would go on to a second vote which would also feature a military nominated candidate, to decide the president of the country.
The nominations confirmed that NLD leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, would not be Myanmar’s president.
However, Miss Suu Kyi had previously said that she would be ‘above’ the president.
