AT the sixth-day meeting of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, Speaker of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw U Aung Lin Dwe announced the proposal sent by the President on the reassignment of Union Minister U Tun Aung from the Ministry of Defence to the Ministry of Digital Development and Communications.
Already-appointed Union Minister for Defence LtGen Yar Pyae and Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Ko Ko Lwin took affirmations in the presence of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker.
The Speaker announced that the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw recorded the Seventh Amendment to the Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law and the Fourth Amendment to the Political Parties Registration Rules.
Lawmakers approved the continued validity of the President’s law enforcement ordinance after the Speaker announced no ob jections were raised during deliberations. The measure, issued by the Office of the President, will remain in force for an additional 90 days.
Moreover, lawmakers discussed findings of the Joint Public Accounts Committee on the 2025-26 financial year national planning annual report and its remark report 1/2026.
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw representatives also discussed findings of the Joint Public Accounts Committee on the 2025-26 FY budget annual report and its remark report 2/2026.
The Speaker also announced that the clarifications and discussions over the reports by the relevant member of a Union-level organization and the process of seeking the Hluttaw’s decision on the matter were scheduled to be carried out at the next session of the Estimates (BE). Among the requests for supplementary appropriations, priority has been given to expenditures on government revenue items, including commercial tax, income tax and contributions to the State; expenditures to promote the agricultural and livestock sectors to strengthen the national economy and foster socioeconomic development; expenditures on transport, electricity and energy to develop the country’s infrastructure; expenditures on education and health to develop human resources; expenditures to develop MSMEs to increase production and create more employment opportunities; and expenditures for reconstruction and rehabilitation of damage caused by natural disasters. Pyidaungsu Hluttaw.
Concerning the Union Supplementary Appropriation Bill for the 20262027 FY, Deputy Minister for Finance and Revenue Daw Than Than Lin stated that the Revised Estimates (RE), including the supplementary appropriations to be additionally approved for the 2026-2027 FY, have also been submitted for comparison and analysis against the original Budget Estimates (BE). Among the requests for supplementary appropriations, priority has been given to expenditures on government revenue items, including commercial tax, income tax and contributions to the State; expenditures to promote the agricultural and livestock sectors to strengthen the national economy and foster socioeconomic development; expenditures on transport, electricity and energy to develop the country’s infrastructure; expenditures on education and health to develop human resources; expenditures to develop MSMEs to increase production and create more employment opportunities; and expenditures for reconstruction and rehabilitation of damage caused by natural disasters.
In addition, expenditures genuinely required for salaries, pensions, raw material purchases and production costs, as well as expenditures necessitated by the receipt of additional foreign aid and foreign loans, and principal and interest repayments on foreign loans, have been scrutinized and approved. As supplementary appropriations have prioritized expenditures to strengthen the national economy, increase production, promote socioeconomic development, improve transport and communications, ensure access to electricity and water, develop the education and health sectors, and rehabilitate damage caused by natural disasters, additional expenditure has become necessary, increasing the budget deficit. She sought the approval for the bill.
The Speaker announced that further proceedings on the bill would be carried out in accordance with the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law and Rules.
The seventh-day meeting of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw will be announced in advance.
News Team/ TTA
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