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Burmese parties object to new const
Subject: Burmese parties object to new constituion rule
Subject: Burmese Parties object to new constitution
BURMESE PARTIES OBJECT TO NEW CONSTITUTION RULE
The Asian Age 29th March. 1996
Rangoon, March 28: A constitution convention organised by Burmas military
government adopted rules for a future legislature on Tuesday despite
objections
by some delegates to military appointments to the parliament.
The chairman of the meetings convention, Mr Aung Toe, announced at the
resumption of the meeting that the future Parliament would have two
houses - a
House of Representatives and a House of Nationalities.
The House of Representatives will have 440 members, with 110 appointed by
the military and 330 members elected. The House of Nationalities will
have 224
members with 56 appointed by the military and the remaining 168 coming
from Burmas 14 administrative regions, Mr Aung Toe said.
Both houses will have five-year terms, he said.
About 30 delegates representing five minor parties objected to the
military
appointments to the two houses of Parliament and said all members of
Parliament should be elected, Mr Aung Toe said.
Those opposed to the appointment of military men came from the Shan
National League for Democracy, the Shan State Kokang Democratic Party,
the
Wa National Development Party, the Lahu National Development Party and
Mro or Khami National Organisation.
But other delegates at the meeting, hand-picked by the ruling military,
accepted
the proposal for military appointments to Parliament and the principle
was
adopted.
Burmas military government says the convention, which has met
intermittently since January 1993, is central to its long-term political
plans.
The government has ordered that the meeting enshrines a leading role for
the
military in future politics. Opponents of the government have dismissed
the
proceedings as a sham and dissent leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was freed
last July after six years under house arrest, withdrew her National
League for
Democracy party from the meeting late last year saying it did not
represent the
wishes of the people. (Reuter)
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