Myanmar Speaker Urges Charter Changes Ahead of Elections

<p>Myanmar’s Parliament Speaker Shwe Mann on Tuesday called on a legislative panel entrusted with identifying reforms to the country’s constitution to focus on a controversial chapter that deals with the military’s vast powers and that prevents opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from becoming president.<br><br>He sent a letter to the parliamentary committee suggesting it give priority to reviewing Chapter 12 of the constitution, which was written in 2008 when the country was ruled by a military junta.<br><br>He also wanted the 31-member constitutional amendment implementation committee to complete its review at least six months before the November 2015 elections.<br>
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