Supreme Court of Myanmar the country's new capital since 2006. In February 2011, President Thein Sein nominated Htun Htun Oo as Chief Justice. The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw appointed his nomination on 17 February 2011. Supreme Court of Myanmar The Supreme Court of Myanmar () is the highest judicial forum and final court of appeal under the Constitution of Myanmar, existing as an independent judicial entity, alongsite the legislative and executive branches. The Court is legally mandated to have 7 to 11 judges, including a Chief Justice. In the Union, there shall be a Supreme Court of the Union. Without affecting the powers of the Constitutional
Communist insurgency in Myanmar led by trade union leaders Thakins Lwin and Chit Maung, and dubbed 'crypto-communists' or 'red socialists' by the Rangoon press. They tried unsuccessfully to bring the communists back into mainstream politics, and in 1956 formed an alliance called the National United Front to contest the election on a 'peace ticket' winning 35% of the vote though only a small number of seats. The politburo's decision to fight 'for the very existence of our party' at a clandestine central committee meeting in April 1948 in Rangoon was confirmed the following month by the full plenum of the CC at Hpyu 120