Naypyitaw – After sweeping a historic election in November, Myanmar’s democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday bid farewell to outgoing lawmakers and prepared to form the country’s first democratically elected government since the 1960s.

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http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/myanmars-suu-kyi-readies-for-power-1977640

The party won a landslide election victory two weeks ago
Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party created history on Monday, when it officially took charge of the island’s parliament for the first time ever and saw one of its members elected to the post of Speaker.

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http://time.com/4202005/taiwan-democratic-progressive-party-dpp-parliament/

Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) has come out strongly against the proposed changes to our electoral system outlined by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his speech today. The opposition political party said that the electoral system is not for the PAP to tweak and adjust.

Read more:
http://theindependent.sg/sdp-the-electoral-system-is-not-for-the-pap-to-tweak-and-adjust/

Announcements:

6th CALD Party Management Workshop and CALD Executive Committee Meeting

FNF
Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III Commending the Friedrich Naumann Foundation
January 28 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEle9Nk09zM
Informed Choices Common Thread of Freedom Flame Awardees
January 27 2016
http://fnf.org.ph/news/fnfnews.php?id=181&article=Informed_Choices_Common_Thread_of_Freedom_Flame_Awardees

BURMA
Historic day in Myanmar as Aung San Suu Kyi Takes Power
February 1 2016
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/31/asia/myanmar-aung-san-suu-kyi-nld/index.html
General and NLD Leader Talk Transition
January 27 2016
http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/18648-general-and-nld-leader-talk-transition.html

PM ‘afraid’ to Face me One on One, says Rainsy
February 2 2016
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-afraid-face-me-one-one-says-rainsy

INDONESIA
President Joko Welcomes Hungarian PM Orban to Indonesia
February 2 2016
http://jakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/foreign-affairs-news/president-joko-welcomes-hungarian-pm-orban-indonesia/