Speaker Shwe Mann, embattled ally of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, presides over first session since he was deposed as head of ruling USDP Related: The Guardian view on the ousting of Aung San Suu Kyi’s political ally | Editorial The embattled speaker of Burma’s parliament has opened a sitting of the lower house that marks the first time ruling party factions facing each other for the first time since the president forced him out of a leadership post.