Myanmar’s election winner Aung San Suu Kyi has invited trishaw drivers in Yangon to an event honouring them for their supportive role during campaigns for last month’s election, the Anadolu Agency reported on 21 December.
A spokesperson for the National League for Democracy (NLD) told the Anadolu Agency on Sunday that around 220 trishaw drivers had been invited to attend the gathering at the Royal Rose restaurant next Saturday.
Nobel peace laureate Suu Kyi’s party won 880 parliamentary seats, or 77.3 percent, out of a total of 1,139 contested seats at three levels of parliament at the polls.
During the campaign, trishaw drivers across the country, especially in large cities such as Yangon and Pathein of the Ayeyawaddy region, had participated in the NLD campaign, garnering more public attention.
They had adorned their man-powered vehicles with NLD flags and even participated by the hundred in rallies, the report said.