Junta and its New Constitution

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"The national convention convening commission claimed as far as late July that 75 percent of the new 15- chapters? constitution had been drafted. Burma?s foreign minister said the ?possible times” for accomplishing the National Convention would be announced in December. The program of Junta?s reform plan is transparent enough for anyone to conclude. That the motives of Junta are not honorable. It started in 1993 in the context of 1990 General Election. That context has changed. The momentum of mass upheaval and urgency for change are lost. Rule of Law has been buried substituted by rule of one man. Gen. Than Shwe, the opposition has been pushed with its back against the wall. Daw Aung Sun Suu Kyi continues to be in house arrest .The recently released student hero Min KO Naing has again be arrested. Nobody hear any thing about dialogue or national reconciliation. International Community is frustrated and UN/ Asean have become on lookers. Despite the fact that the Burma issue may be debated in the Security Council, there is no hope for the Burmese people. Burma?s profuse natural gas helps to keep the Junta in power by paying for weapons. Thailand, India and China are the biggest buyers..."

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"LawKa PaLa - Legal Journal on Burma" - No. 25 (December 2006) - Burma Lawyers? Council (BLC)

Date of Publication: 

2006-12-00

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2018-06-19

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English

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