Mon State Parliament Speaker U Thet Htwe urged elected lawmakers to submit questions only on issues that the junta-appointed Mon State government can address.

The speaker made the request during a parliamentary question-and-answer review session held in Mawlamyine, the Mon State capital, on June 8. The formal submission and discussion of questions and proposals in parliament took place the following day.

He urged lawmakers to submit only questions that fall within the junta-appointed Mon State government's practical capacity to address.

He also called on both the parliament and the state government to foster mutual understanding to reduce friction between the two sides and to strike a balance between public expectations and the government's capacity to deliver.

Mon State residents criticized the Speaker’s remarks, interpreting them as an effort to curb lawmakers’ ability to raise questions aimed at holding the government accountable.

The call to limit questions to reduce friction between the parliament and the state government could weaken the parliament’s ability to scrutinize the junta.

U Thet Htwe, who was elected in the junta-led election from Mawlamyine Township as a candidate of the junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), later assumed the role of Speaker of the Mon State Parliament.

During the June 9 session, 29 questions and four motions were submitted and discussed.