Myanmar Politics

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In Myanmar's lower house of parliament Friday Htin Kyaw, an unelected retired bureaucrat from the National League for Democracy, trounced the country's incumbent vice president, Sai Mauk Kham, in first-round balloting to move a step closer to the presidency. International Edition's Sarah Williams spoke with VOA Southeast Asia correspondent Steve Herman, who's in Naypyidaw.