Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Has Seized the Prime Moment to Amend the Constitution

The Irrawaddy

By JOE KUMBUN | 1st February 2019

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi waves at supporters at Kachin National Manu Park in Kachin State on Feb. 24, 2012. / Reuter

State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), swept power in the 2015 general elections. Amending the Constitution was one of her campaign promises. At a forum in Singapore in August, the state counselor said “amendment of the Constitution was one of the goals of our government,” reaffirming her commitment to the cause.

Suu Kyi’s party proposes committee to change army-drafted charter.

THE Star ONLINE 

Wednesday, 30 Jan 2019

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s ruling party has proposed steps towards changing the constitution, its biggest challenge in nearly three years to the military’s power over politics as enshrined in the charter.