2008 Constitution

In an exclusive Karen News interview a senior commander in the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) has added his voice to the growing calls for Burma’s military-backed government to amend the country’s undemocratic constitution before the 2015 national elections, as it ensures effective military veto in parliament and blocks prominent pro-democracy politician Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from the Presidency.…

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in Australia for five-day visit,criticised Burma’s current constitution as being “undemocratic” and urged the international community to put added pressure on Burma’s government to undergo further reforms. Speaking at the Sydney Opera House on the 27th of November, where Ms Suu Kyi received honorary degrees from both the University of Sydney and the University of…

Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party the National League for Democracy held a public meeting in Karen State to discuss changes to the National Constitution that was put in place by the country’s former military dictatorship. A central committee member of the NLD, Nan Khin Htwe Myint and local members invited the public to meeting at the Royal Lake Hall…