Committee Representing the People's Parliament
Elected by the 1990 Multiparty Democratic General Elections
Notification No. 2
The Committee Representing the People's
Parliament held a meeting on September 28, 1998 and made the following decisions:
1) The Committee Representing the People's Parliament agreed to recommend that
the Parliament adopt the following laws:
a. Political Parties Registration Law (State Law and Order Restoration
Council's Law No. 4/88)
b. Associations Law (State Law and Order Restoration Council's Law No. 6/88)
c. With the exception of the rulings which do not conform to the democratic
procedural rules, the Pyithu Hluttaw (People's
Parliament) Elections Law (State Law and Order Restoration Council's Law No.
14/89)
2) The Committee Representing the People's Parliament agreed to recommend that
the Parliament ratify Burma's signing of the Convention on the Rights of the
Child, which was passed by the United Nations General Assembly on November 20,
1989.
3)The Committee Representing the People's Parliament recommended that the
Parliament revoke the following laws:
a. The 1950 Emergency Provisions Act, including Section 5, the law which is
excessively cited and illegally used to persecute the people, particularly the
politicians.
b. The Law Protecting the State from the Dangers of Subversive Elements that
revolves around Section 10, an article used in illegally persecuting the people
and particularly, the politicians.
4) The Committee Representing the People's Parliament decided to review and
revise, if necessary, the existing laws so that they adequately safeguard the
security and stability of the nation without infringing the basic rights of the
people.
5) The Committee Representing the People's Parliament decided to present the
following laws to the Parliament so that they can be reviewed and considered
for revision:
a. The Pyithu Hluttaw (People's Parliament) Law and
By-laws,
b. Laws Regulating Regional Democratic Administration,
c. The Law Safeguarding the Rights of Citizens,
d. The Universities Act, and
e. Sections 8 and 12 of the Village Act concerning the conscription of people
for forced labor purposes.
Committee Representing the People's Parliament
Rangoon
The 8th Rising moon of Thadingyut 1360
September 28, 1998