Mon, Feb 11, 2008 - Page 3 News List

Myanmar plan met with little enthusiasm

NO DEMOCRACY Ethnic minority groups said that the planned constitution was meant to give the central government greater powers and perpetuate military rule

AP , YANGON, MYANMAR

The country has been in a political deadlock since the military refused to recognize the 1990 election results, saying the country first needed a new constitution. It harassed and arrested members of the pro-democracy movement.

Guidelines for the new constitution were adopted by a military-managed convention last year and a government-appointed commission is drafting the document.

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