10th April 2008
YANGON — Myanmar’s military government announced Wednesday it will hold a nationwide referendum on the proposed constitution on May 10. The government’s 45-member Referendum Holding Commission scheduled the referendum at a meeting held at the administrative capital Naypyitaw, according to official media reports. The government in February had said the vote would be held in May, but had not given an exact date.
Earlier in the day, the junta made the text of its proposed constitution available to the public. The draft constitution would guarantee the military’s continued role in government and ban Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi from holding public office. Pro-democracy groups including Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy, have already urged voters to reject the draft charter, saying it is designed to legitimize the military rule.
Japan Today
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