缅甸执政党主席被免职

Myanmar’s president is huddling with government ministers Thursday amid an apparent purge of the leadership of the country’s governing party.

President Thein Sein has the upper hand, according to one of his officials.

Zaw Htay, director of the president’s office told AFP, said that the president had made the move to remove party chairman Shwe Mann, who is also parliament speaker.

Officials of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) told reporters that Shwe Mann has been ousted from his top party post and the USDP secretary general, Maung Maung Thein, was also removed.

Shwe Mann was widely perceived as being more politically accommodating with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi than other more hardline members of his party.

The new chief of the party is vice chairman Htay Oo, according to Reuters, attributing this to a senior party official.

缅甸总统办公室副主任吴卓铁说，吴登盛控制着局面。

吴卓铁对法新社说，吴登盛罢免了执政党主席瑞曼的职务。瑞曼也是缅甸议会议长。

缅甸联邦团结发展党的官员对记者说，瑞曼已被免除党内最高职务，该党秘书长貌貌登也被免职。

人们广泛认为，瑞曼与本党强硬派成员相比，在政治上更容忍反对派领袖昂山素季。

路透社援引缅甸联邦团结发展党一名高层人士的话说，该党副主席泰欧接任主席职务。