NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar: In a modest dormitory in Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw, novice MP Tin Thit recites a poem he has penned called “No Retreat,” steeling himself to enter Myanmar’s parliament carrying the dreams of a nation left traumatized by army rule.

A poet, editor, activist -- and now newly elected MP -- he is among hundreds of political newcomers poised to take their seats Monday in the country’s most democratic legislature in generations, following the huge November landslide win by Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD).

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