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Burma
State legislators agreed to debate a proposal that would urge the Union government to find a way to end the fighting between the Myanmar military and AA in northern Rakhine.
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Burma
The Irrawaddy briefs you on the week that was in the national legislature.
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Commentary
Will the military abide by U Than Shwe’s pledge to allow reform after ‘a few years’ of the party’s rule?
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Burma
Daw Thet Thet Khaing says no progress has been made in the year since she first tried to shine a light on state agencies’ murky finances
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News
Ruling party proposed forming a committee so that no side would lose face, NLD lawmaker says.
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Burma
The Irrawaddy breaks down the constitutional reform committee's path to approval in graphics and numbers.
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News
Nearly 67 percent of lawmakers voted to form the committee, which will be chaired by Parliament Deputy Speaker U Tun Tun Hein.
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Burma
Of the 30 lawmakers who joined Tuesday's debate on whether to form the committee, only five — all from the military-backed USDP — objected.
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Burma
36 lawmakers scheduled to take part, but not a single military appointee is among them
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Interview
The Irrawaddy interviews U Aung Kyi Nyunt, the NLD lawmaker who proposed in Parliament this week for a committee to be formed to work on changing the troublesome 2008 Constitution.
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Burma
"If we participate in the debate, it would be interpreted that we approve the proposal,” one military lawmaker said.
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Burma
Snr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing said the Constitution, which gives the military veto power over any changes, should be amended "when it is necessary."
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Editorial
The NLD’s move to amend the Constitution is a first small step in what will surely be a difficult journey.
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News
Tense scenes inside Parliament as military lawmakers challenge Speaker over legality of move
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Burma
In his first meeting with reporters since the scandal broke, U San Min Aung said he pocketed none of the money earmarked for vehicle purchases and actually spent some of his own.
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