By Burma Partnership |
<p>In a dramatic development on the 12 August 2015, Parliamentary Speaker, Shwe Mann was <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=72826759&msgid=906421&act=98NZ&c=348258&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dvb.no%2Fnews%2Fsecond-term-beckons-for-thein-sein-after-shwe-mann-ouster-burma-myanmar%2F55949">ousted</a> from his position as Chair of the ruling party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP). Security forces surrounded USDP headquarters in Naypyidaw and purged the influential political figure from his position within the party.</p>