Op-ed: Civilianizing Myanmar by reducing role of the military in Parliament could take another three decades

Believe it or not, Myanmar’s current political transition to democracy is likely to require another 30-year cycle to complete. The country’s powerful military seems determined not to leave politics in the near future, even within a decade. Though the former ruling regime embarked on the reform process in early 2011, the military’s leadership has never set a date for its departure from politics. In March this year, the NLD proposed a gradual reduction in the 25 percent of parliamentary seats currently guaranteed to military-appointed lawmakers by the Constitution. It was discussed at a closed-door meeting of the parliamentary joint committee to draft amendments to the Constitution.
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