Description:
"According to Burma's two supposedly superseded constitutions, that of 1947 and 1974, the Pyithu Hluttaw (the People's
Assembly) is the body charged with exercising State power. The 1989 Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law (called the Election Law),
under which the 1990 elections were conducted, also provides that the duty of representatives elected in accordance with the
Election Law is to form the Pyithu Hluttaw (Section 3).
The ruling military junta, the people of Burma and the international community acknowledged without qualification that the May
1990 general election was free, fair and lawful. It then follows that those representatives elected by the people in the 1990
election have the lawful right to form a Pyithu Hluttaw that exercises legislative power and appoints a government in accordance
with the legal norms of Burma..."
Burma Lawyers' Council
Source/publisher:
Legal Issues on Burma Journal No. 3 (Burma Lawyers' Council)
Date of publication:
1999-04-30
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Language:
English
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