Mon party to submit charter amendments
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The All Mon Region Democracy Party (AMRDP) is planning to submit its own proposed amendments for the current military-drafted Constitution.
“We will submit our constitutional amendments before November 15,” said Min Nwe Soe, secretary general of the AMRDP.
The party leaders have organised a group to discuss and submit the proposed amendments to the parliamentary Constitution Review Joint Committee. They will also open up a space for members of the public in Mon State to voice their different opinions, the secretary general added.
The Constitution Review Joint Committee (CRJC) has announced a deadline of November 15 for proposed amendments.
Two members of the AMRDP are in volved in the Constitution Review Joint Committee. The AMRDP won a total of 16 total seats in the last general election in 2010, three in the Lower House, four in the Upper House and nine in the regional parliament.
The National League for Democracy ( NLD) is currently conducting a constitutional awareness campaign in different parts of the country to include public opinion in the constitution reform process.
The NLD has listed more than 100 points it says need to be amended in the 2008 Constitution. The CRJC must submit a report on amendments to the 2008 Constitution to the Union Assembly parliament by December 31 this year.
