Rejected amendments would have gradually reduced the number of military MPs. FMTNews SuuKyi
Aung San Suu Kyi has been under pressure to show progress on constitutional reform.
The rejected amendments would have gradually reduced the number of military MPs, over a period of 15 years, and abolished a section that names the commander-in-chief of the defence services as the “supreme commander of all armed forces”. A spokesman for Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy did not answer telephone calls seeking comment.Lawmakers also rejected removing the word “disciplined” from the definition of the country’s political system as a “genuine, disciplined multi-party democratic system”.Nobel laureate Suu Kyi has been under pressure to show progress on constitutional reform – seen as a major stumbling block to democratic hopes – ahead of a general election expected later this year.
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