Constitution Reform
Constitution Reform
Parliament decided a 10bn kyat public vote was not worth it to tweak language referring to the...
Published on May 21, 2020
The NLD spent a lot of energy drafting bills it knew would fail, but the effort may boost its election chances
Mar 21, 2020
Voting on Monday and Tuesday followed along predictable lines, with zero constitutional amendment bills passed
Mar 17, 2020
Bid to change voting threshold the latest defeat in a process that was doomed to fail
Mar 13, 2020
Unelected military MPs use their veto power again on second day of voting on dozens of amendments
Mar 11, 2020
Lawmakers will vote nine times on 135 different proposals
Mar 4, 2020
Participation capped at 149, split roughly in thirds among military, NLD and other MPs
Feb 21, 2020
Of 166 military-appointed MPs, 164 registered to debate bills, dwarfing number of NLD and ethnic-party MPs involved
Feb 18, 2020
Proposals face uphill battle but would transfer military oversight to elected officials and limit number of military MPs
Jan 28, 2020
Legislation marks milestone in Aung San Suu Kyi’s bid to chip away military’s power.
Jan 17, 2020
Effort by unelected military lawmakers likely to fail in NLD-dominated parliament
Sep 17, 2019
Military’s proxy party wanted to avoid NLD-dominated committee by putting its own proposed changes to charter before parliament
Sep 5, 2019
‘If we continue like this we will lose face with ethnic people,’ Sein Win says
Sep 4, 2019
