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Burma
Ethnic parties say the Election Commission has ignored their concerns over a proposed legal change that would make it easier for Burmese workers to vote in ethnic states.
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Burma
A military MP received a warning from the Myanmar Parliament Speaker after angrily complaining about the accidental omission of one of the military’s amendment proposals.
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Parliament
The Irrawaddy briefs you on the week that was in the national legislature.
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Parliament
The Irrawaddy briefs you on the week that was in the national legislature.
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Analysis
Like the NLD, the USDP once tried to amend the charter, launching its bid in Parliament in 2013. What are the key differences between the two parties’ approaches?
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Burma
Military-appointed MPs in Parliament object to a committee’s plan to have their charter-change proposals debated together with those submitted by the ruling party.
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Dateline
This week, The Irrawaddy and two veterans of Myanmar’s democracy movement discuss the military’s aversion to charter change, and how the ruling NLD should deal with it.
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Analysis
The leaders of Kachin parties say the 2008 Constitution must be reformed ahead of this year’s general election if further bloodshed is to be avoided.
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Burma
Trade unionists in Myanmar are due to run in the 2020 general election because they say the National League for Democracy has let them down.
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Analysis
Among more than 100 proposed amendments submitted by the NLD, two in particular have the potential to remove the military’s power to block constitutional reform.
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Burma
Lawmaker U Kyaw Zay Ya, dismissed by the National League for Democracy for “damaging the party’s image,” will serve as vice president for the People’s Pioneer Party.
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Dateline
Dr. Salai Ngun Cung Lian of the Myanmar Institute for Peace and Study says Myanmar’s lawyers failed to challenge genocide charges at the International Court of Justice.
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Guest Column
The legitimacy of the 2020 election is threatened by the exclusion of millions of ethnic voters working overseas. Reforms are needed to ensure their participation.
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Burma
The bills are backed by more than half of all lawmakers, except military MPs and their allies. The men in uniform complain the drafts don't represent their views.
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Books
The memoirs of two senior figures in Myanmar’s ex-military government shed light on the junta’s machinations, and expose the cracks in the monolithic image it projected.
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