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Myanmar parliamentary committee completes two draft amendment bills21 January
Myanmar’s parliamentary committee tasked with proposing changes to the 2008 Constitution has finished drafting two amendment bills.
Nearly 30 members from the…
Myanmar parliament will vote on constitutional reform during its current term, speaker vows4 December 2019
Myanmar Union Parliament Speaker U T Khun Myat said the Parliament will finish the process of drafting and voting on constitutional reform bills during its curr…
In Myanmar, parties submit proposed constitutional amendment on dissolution of parliament23 September 2019
Opposition Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and Tamadaw MPs jointly submitted a constitution amendment bill to Parliament which confers power to th…
Myanmar parliament rejects motion to join ICCPR amid claims that proposal process was unconstitutional13 September 2019
The Pyithu Hluttaw (Lower House) has rejected a motion from the ruling National League for Democracy for Myanmar to sign the 1996 UN convention to protect and r…
In Myanmar, constitution amendment committee returns nearly 4,000 recommendations16 July 2019
The Union Parliament’s Charter Amendment Committee—tasked with making the military-drafted Constitution democratic—has put forward more than 3,700 recommendatio…
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