The Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ( my, ပြည်ထောင်စုလွှတ်တော် ကိုယ်စားပြုကော်မတီ;

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CRPH) is a Burmese legislative body in exile, representing a group of

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lawmakers and

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ousted in the

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. The Committee consists of 17 members of the

Pyithu Hluttaw The Pyithu Hluttaw ( my, ပြည်သူ့ လွှတ်တော်, ; House of Representatives) is the ''de jure'' lower house of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the bicameral legislature of Myanmar (Burma). It consists of 440 members, of wh ...

and

Amyotha Hluttaw The Amyotha Hluttaw ( my, အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော်, ; House of Nationalities) is the ''de jure'' upper house of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the bicameral legislature of Myanmar (Burma). It consists of 224 members, o ...

. The Committee claims to carry out the duties of Myanmar's dissolved

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, the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, and has formed a

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, the National Unity Government, in cooperation with several ethnic minority insurgent groups.

History

Representatives elected in the November 2020 elections have not officially recognized the legitimacy of the coup d'état. On 4 February 2021, around 70 MP-elects from the NLD took an

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in Naypyidaw, pledging to abide by the people's mandate, and to serve as lawmakers for a five-year term. The following day, 15 NLD politicians led by

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, a Pyithu Hluttaw member representing Yangon's Mingala Taungnyunt Township, formed the committee to conduct parliamentary affairs. The committee held its first session on Zoom. On 7 February, CRPH condemned the military's efforts to overthrow a civilian-elected government as a "criminal act" in violation of Chapter 6 of Myanmar's penal code, and dismissed the legitimacy of

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. CRPH has also advised UN diplomats and the international community to work directly with the committee in relation to official government business. On 9 February, CRPH enacted the State Counsellor Law, extending the term of the State Counsellor of Myanmar for another five years, through 1 April 2026. The same day, it issued a statement condemning the military's violent crackdown of the ongoing 2021 Myanmar protests, calling for the preservation of freedom of speech and its support of the civil disobedience movement. On 10 February, the committee announced the addition of two elected MPs from ethnic political parties, namely the Ta'ang National Party and the

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. On February 15, the junta charged the 17 members of the CRPH with incitement under section 505b of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum sentence of two years in prison. On 22 February, the committee appointed

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as its special envoy to the United Nations and Htin Linn Aung as special representative of its international relations office which opened in

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, United States of America. On 1 March, CRPH declared the

State Administration Council The State Administration Council ( my, နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ; abbreviated SAC or နစက) is the military junta currently governing Myanmar, established by Comm ...

(SAC) a terrorist group for its "atrocities and the act of terrorism" on the unarmed civilians. On the following day, the committee appointed Zin Mar Aung, Lwin Ko Latt, Tin Tun Naing and Zaw Wai Soe as acting union ministers in its cabinet. On 9 March 2021, the Committee named Mahn Win Khaing Than Acting

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. * * * * The CRPH withdrew its designation of all ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) as terrorist groups. The CRPH declared the abolishment of the 2008 Constitution and published a 20-page Charter for Federal Democracy on 2 April 2021. On 16 April 2021, the CRPH announced the formation of the National Unity Government, which includes ousted lawmakers, members of ethnic groups, and key figures in the anti-coup protest.

Members

Acting cabinet of Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw

On 2 March 2021, the committee installed four government ministers, who would be responsible for nine ministries. Three of them are elected members from the NLD and one is the rector of the University of Medicine 1. According to the statement of the CRPH, its prime purpose is to fulfill the duties of the civilian government. The committee officially stated it would assign other suitable persons to assume the duties on behalf of cabinet members On 9 March, it named Mahn Win Khaing Than, the third Speaker of the Assembly of the Union of Myanmar between 2016 and 2018, as the acting

and declared that he would perform the duties of the President in his absence. The acting cabinet was abolished and formed the National Unity Government on 16 April 2021.

Heads of The Cabinet

Cabinet members

References

External links

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