Another Burmese Opposition MP Quits

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Subject: Another Burmese Opposition MP Quits Parliament 

RANGOON, Aug 21 (Reuter) - Another elected member of parliament (MP) from
Aung San Suu Kyi's pro-democracy party has resigned from his post, the
Burmese government said on Thursday. 

The Multiparty Democracy General Election Commission said Ba Nyein, an MP
from Benmauk Township, Sagaing Division in northwest Burma, resigned of his
own volition for health reasons. 

Ba Nyein, an MP from Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party, was
about the 40th opposition MP to have resigned from his post. Most of the
resignations have come over the past 18 months. 

The NLD swept a 1990 general election, winning 392 of the 485 contested
seats. But the ruling State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) never
allowed the NLD to take power. 

Instead it began cracking down on elected MPs, driving many out of the
country into exile. Over the past 18 months the SLORC has increased pressure
on elected MPs to resign their posts. REUTER 

00:15 08-21-97