Democracy takes step backward as parliament refuse to end Burmese military veto over government | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Yangon (dpa) – Myanmar parliament voted not to relax the military’s control over the constitution on Thursday, a move that could have paved the way to allow opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to run for president. Only 388 out of 583 parliamentarians who attended, or 67 per cent, voted in favour of amending the current…

Myanmar’s parliament voted against constitutional amendments on Thursday that would have loosened the military’s grip on power and allowed opposition activist Aung San Suu Kyi to run for president. The country’s legislature concluded a three-day debate on proposed changes to the 2008 constitution that would have ended the military’s veto power and allowed Nobel Peace Prize…