Myanmar transitions to democracybr The first democratically-elected government for 50 yearsbr br br Military retain control of key ministriesbr br br br The newsbr br br br Hundreds of deputies are voting in Myanmar’s first democratically-elected government for more than 50 years.br br br #Myanmar's new parliament starts 1st session, elects speaker of lower house pic.twitter.com8GmthCgMQ0— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) February 1, 2016br br br br br New era dawns as Suu Kyi's party strides into Myanmar parliament pic.twitter.comayAeStJ1Qp— AFP news agency (@AFP) February 1, 2016br br br br The majority of those gathered are from Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD), which won 80 of the seats in the election in November.br br br br Myanmar parliament begins new session as question of presidency lingershttps:t.cor1WvjMGIde pic.twitter.