缅甸议会星期三选举昂山素季的铁杆支持者温敏为缅甸的新总统。昂山素季仍然掌握着政府行政权力。
缅甸前总统廷觉上星期由于健康原因辞职。温敏在缅甸上下两院总共得到403张票，比军方提名的候选人敏瑞得票数（211票）几乎高出一倍。副总统亨利·班提育获得第三多的票数，但是远远少于前两位候选人。
昂山素季掌管的政府在实施和平计划以及国民和解的努力中举步艰难。
缅甸军队仍在镇压少数民族的反政府力量。缅甸由于对罗兴亚穆斯林人口的残酷镇压而受到国际社会的猛烈批评。
Myanmar’s parliament Wednesday elected Win Myint, a loyalist of Aung San Suu Kyi, as new president, while she retained her executive authority over the government.
Myint replaces Htin Kyaw who retired last week for health reasons.
Myint received 403 votes of the combined houses, nearly doubling the total (211) for Myint Swe, the military’s nominee, and Vice President Henry Van Tio, who came in a distant third.
The vote comes as Suu Kyi’s civilian government has struggled to implement peace and national reconciliation.
The military is still combating ethnic rebels and the country has come under heavy international criticism for its brutal counterinsurgency campaign against the Muslim Rohingya minority.