Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Session: 5th day of 3rd regular session held

The fifth-day meeting of the third regular session of the Third Pyidaungsu Hluttaw was held at 10 a.m. today, October 14, in the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw meeting hall in Nay Pyi Taw. Of the 560 Hluttaw representatives entitled to attend, 533 were present.

According to the agenda, the Hluttaw Speaker announced that the Hluttaw had agreed to the appointment of Lt-Gen Yar Pyae as Union Minister for Defence and Dr. Ko Ko Lwin as Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, as proposed by the President.

Next, Deputy Minister for Legal Affairs and Deputy Attorney-General Dr. Htein Lin Oo submitted a motion seeking the Hluttaw’s approval to maintain the validity of Ordinance 3/2026, which had been promulgated with the force of law.

The Hluttaw then discussed the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia for the Avoidance of Double Taxation with Respect to Taxes on Income and the Prevention of Tax Evasion, which had been signed between the two governments and submitted by the President. Five Hluttaw representatives took part in the discussion. Deputy Minister for Finance and Revenue U Kyaw Htin then provided clarifications and explanations on the matter, after which the Hluttaw announced its approval of the agreement.