About 20 lawmakers with Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy have been accused of not being very nice to people, according to local media reports.
“Most complaints are about rude and haughty behaviour of MPs, while some have bad relations with the township chair of the party,” said U Myo Nyunt, head of the party’s complaint department that was established in March, told the Myanmar Times. “Some letters said MPs showed a lack of respect when they are dealing with people in their constituency.”
The majority of the MPs were in regional and divisional parliaments, the Irrawaddy reported.
“I have never heard of anything like this before,” Khine Zin Oo, an NLD lawmaker from Irrawaddy Division parliament, told the magazine.
The names of MPs were not released to the public, nor were the details of the alleged rude and haughty behavior released.
There are literally hundreds of NLD MPs spread across national, regional and divisional parliaments, so 20 is small percentage, but not an insignificant one.
In November, the party won national and area elections by a stunning margin, taking home some 80 percent of the national parliament. Lawmakers took their seats in February.
The party is looking into the complaints.
