The Upper House of Myanmar’s Parliament endorsed a draft law onnationwide referendum on constitution amendment on November 27.
The Lower House passed the draft law a week ago, according to Xinhua.
The parliament is to introduce the draft constitution amendment lawbefore holding a nationwide referendum on whether the constitutionshould be changed, said Speaker of the Parliament U Shwe Mann.
He added that the referendum is slated for May 2015 and its resultswill not be reviewed until the next sitting of the new parliament whichis selected from the general election in 2015.
The selection, thus, will retain to be held under the existing 2008 constitution without any amendment.
In a recent parliament debate over amendment to the constitution, thenon-elected military MPs, who account for 25 percent of the legislativebody, opposed the constitutional changes including the change of twosensitive sections, Section 436 and Section 59(f).
Section 436 prescribes that amendment to the constitution needs theapproval of more than 75 percent of all parliament members, whileSection 59(f) bars anyone from the presidency whose parents, spouse,legitimate offspring or spouse of offspring are foreign citizens.
Meanwhile, the National League for Democracy teamed up with the88-Generation Students Peace and Open Society launched a two-monthsignature campaign nationwide in support of amendment to Section 436.
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar Constitution2008, which comprises of 15 chapters, was promulgated by the previousmilitary government in May 2008.-VNA
The Lower House passed the draft law a week ago, according to Xinhua.
The parliament is to introduce the draft constitution amendment lawbefore holding a nationwide referendum on whether the constitutionshould be changed, said Speaker of the Parliament U Shwe Mann.
He added that the referendum is slated for May 2015 and its resultswill not be reviewed until the next sitting of the new parliament whichis selected from the general election in 2015.
The selection, thus, will retain to be held under the existing 2008 constitution without any amendment.
In a recent parliament debate over amendment to the constitution, thenon-elected military MPs, who account for 25 percent of the legislativebody, opposed the constitutional changes including the change of twosensitive sections, Section 436 and Section 59(f).
Section 436 prescribes that amendment to the constitution needs theapproval of more than 75 percent of all parliament members, whileSection 59(f) bars anyone from the presidency whose parents, spouse,legitimate offspring or spouse of offspring are foreign citizens.
Meanwhile, the National League for Democracy teamed up with the88-Generation Students Peace and Open Society launched a two-monthsignature campaign nationwide in support of amendment to Section 436.
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar Constitution2008, which comprises of 15 chapters, was promulgated by the previousmilitary government in May 2008.-VNA
