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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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