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Myanmar Govt Declines to Give Timetable for Roadmap

The Myanmar government Tuesday declined to give a time table for its seven-point political roadmap outlined by Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt on Aug. 30.


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The Myanmar government Tuesday declined to give a timetable for its seven-point political roadmap outlined by Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt on Aug. 30.

"It is still too early to come up with a time frame at this point as there are numerous steps that are needed to be taken even before the national convention can be reconvened," government spokesman U Tin Winn told a press briefing here.

The spokesman was also unable to say if Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), could take part in the national convention to draft a new constitution.

Myanmar's national convention, which began in January 1993 after the military government held a general election in 1990, has adjourned for more than seven years since March 1996. The then general election was overwhelmingly won by the NLD which walked out of the convention in November 1995.

The new state Constitution will be the third of Myanmar with the first being adopted in 1947 before independence and the second in 1974 adopted during Ne Win's government.

Making preparations for reconvening the national convention, the military government reformed on Sept. 6 its five-member National Convention Convening Commission.

Prime minister Khin Nyunt's seven-point political roadmap was outlined as being the first to reconvene the national convention, then to draft a new Constitution, to undergo national referendum, hold a general election to produce parliament representatives and form a new government.


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