Myanmar rejects constitutional amendment
Myanmar’s constitution can be only amended during the next
government tenure and the upcoming 2015 general election will be held
under the existing 2008 Constitution, Union Parliament Speaker U Shwe
Mann told reporters in Nay Pyi Taw on November 18.
Myanmar’s constitution can be only amended during the next
government tenure and the upcoming 2015 general election will be held
under the existing 2008 Constitution, Union Parliament Speaker U Shwe
Mann told reporters in Nay Pyi Taw on November 18.
A nationwide referendum on the constitutional amendment will be organised next May before the general election, he said, adding that in a recent debate in the parliament, the non-elected military MPs, who account for 25 percent of the total parliamentarians, opposed the change of the constitution, including two sensitive sections 436 and 59(f).
U Shwe Mann said the amendment of Section 436 depends mainly on the president and the commander-in-chief of the Defense Services, while Section 59(f) deals with the basic rights of a citizen rather than aims to block opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from presidential run.
The current Constitution, including 15 chapters with 194 pages, was promulgated in May 2008.-VNA
A nationwide referendum on the constitutional amendment will be organised next May before the general election, he said, adding that in a recent debate in the parliament, the non-elected military MPs, who account for 25 percent of the total parliamentarians, opposed the change of the constitution, including two sensitive sections 436 and 59(f).
U Shwe Mann said the amendment of Section 436 depends mainly on the president and the commander-in-chief of the Defense Services, while Section 59(f) deals with the basic rights of a citizen rather than aims to block opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from presidential run.
The current Constitution, including 15 chapters with 194 pages, was promulgated in May 2008.-VNA
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