Kraisak Choonhavan is a government member of the Thai parliament and president of the ASEAN Inter-parliamentary Caucus on Burma.

VOA: standard.2009.05.15

Authorities hope that enacting the reforms, which will clear the way for parliamentary and presidential elections, will give the government more legitimacy.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

The government of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek was ousted in a parliamentary no-confidence vote in March.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

What would have happened if we had kept parliamentary government?

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"This government was born after consultations with deputies who will be part of the government in the coming months as part of the parliamentary government experience, " Mr Ensour said.

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Since the military handed power to a parliamentary government last year, Myanmar has released hundreds of political prisoners, legalized its main opposition party and loosened restrictions on the media.

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