Yangon Region Hluttaw (Parliament) Speaker Tin Maung Tun announced that an emergency meeting of the regional parliament will be held on June 18.

Seikkan Township MP San Kyaw said that a resolution to impeach Yangon Region Chief Minister Phyo Min Thein is likely to be discussed in the emergency meeting of the regional parliament.

A total of 32 regional legislators, including USDP (Union Solidarity and Development Party) MPs and military MPs, signed the resolution to impeach the Chief Minister for holding a religious ceremony in violation of the ban on mass gatherings during the COVID-19 crisis, and a budget issue.

The Chief Minister Phyo Min Thein and top regional officials attended a religious ceremony at the Botahtaung Pagoda in Yangon on May 24 despite the ban on mass gatherings.