Elected reps of 1990 seek new charter
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The 1990 general election representatives will work with political organisations in drafting a new constitution, said David HlaMyint, secretary of the representatives group.
The elected representatives never assumed office because the government had refused to recognise the voting outcome won by the National League for Democracy.
The group is expected to form a 75-member drafting committee comprising law experts, ethnic leaders from organisations and political parties and those representing civil society organisations.
“The formation of the drafting committee is likely to be completed by the second week of August. We are now holding a discussion with
representatives from various or-ganisations and law experts who are qualified to sit on the committee. We are discussing cooperation and will announce the list of 75 committee members,” said David HlaMyint.
The 1990-poll elected representatives said they would not seek to amend the charter but to write a new one. They claimed that the constitutional amendments were insurmountable within the existing process.
The drafting is expected to be completed early next year and the new charter would be submitted to the government.
On May 27, the elected representatives issued a report marking the 24th anniversary of the 1990 general election, billed as the multi-party democratic poll.
The report said Myanmar would not progress so long as the government relied on the constitution designed to perpetuate dictatorship and feudalism.
It argued that there was no justification to protect the 2008 Constitution because its provisions were written to serve the interest of the military which opted to uphold dictatorship rule rather than carrying out its main duty on national defence.
