Myanmar’s president promises smooth transfer of power

Myanmar’s President Thein Sein has promised a smooth transfer of power to Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition party following last week’s election.
He made the comments at a meeting of political leaders in Yangon.
The National League for Democracy (NLD) has won about 80% of contested seats with just a few results still to be announced.
If power is transferred, it will end more than 50 years of military-backed government in Myanmar.
The president told a political gathering that all duties would be transferred to the next government systematically and on schedule.
Thein Sein has made similar comments online before, but he has now repeated them in public.