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The results of the recent parliamentary voting on charter change show us there is only person in the country who can change the Constitution.
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Burma
On Parliament’s final day of voting on proposed constitutional amendments, the NLD’s bid to scrap immunity for former junta members was voted down.
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The NLD’s bid to scrap charter provisions giving the military sole responsibility for all armed forces and ‘safeguarding the nation’ fell short in parliamentary voting.
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Burma
NLD, ethnic MPs reject proposed charter amendments by the military and USDP, including one that would have allowed state parliaments to elect chief ministers.
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Parliament rejected a proposed constitutional amendment on Monday that would have revoked the military’s power to control the presidential amnesty process in Myanmar.
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Dateline
The Irrawaddy discusses this week’s failed constitutional amendment vote with political analyst Ma Mon Mon Myat and Ko Thiha Thu of the Than Lwin Citizen Empowerment Program.
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Burma
As the Parliament fails to reform the undemocratic terms of Article 436, the military will retain its power to block amendments to the Constitution.
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Burma
The commander-in-chief will continue to hold the right to exercise sweeping powers in states of emergency as the military blocks Myanmar’s push to reform its Constitution.
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A USDP lawmaker said the failed charter reform attempt creates a negative image of Myanmar’s military in the international community as military MPs opposed all amendments.
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Dateline
As the long process to amend Myanmar’s Constitution appears lost, The Irrawaddy sits down with lawmakers U Aung Thein and U Sai Tun Aye to look for a way out.
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Burma
After nearly a week of tense debate, the Parliament Speaker announced that MPs will begin voting on March 10 on whether to accept proposed amendments to the Constitution.
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Burma
During the House charter debate, a USDP lawmaker claimed the US presidency is restricted to Christians—a claim so outlandish the US Embassy felt compelled to correct it.
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Burma
Parliament Speaker T Khun Myat told lawmakers to stop making inflammatory remarks or face lawsuits as the first week of debate on constitutional amendment comes to an end.
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Just over one-third of military lawmakers who registered for the debate will be allowed to participate.
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The Lower House has voted in support of an election commission proposal requiring military personnel and their families to cast their votes outside military barracks.
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