The outdated laws designed to protect the previous military-led regimes need to be revoke to ensure continuity of reform and democratization, Lower House Speaker Thura Shwe Mann said on April 10.
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Meeting the United Wa State Army (UWSA) representative Xiao Samkun on 20 March, on the sidelines of Shan-Kayah Trustbuilding for Peace forum, Naypyitaw’s chief negotiator U Aung Min was reported to have informed him that whether or not the Wa should have its own state must be decided by the Union Assembly, according to sources.
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Pro-democracy youth group Generation Wave announced at a press conference on March 20 that they are restructuring the organisation with a new name, Generation Wave Institute, and a new two-year plan to expand their political strategy. (more…)

The Union Assembly yesterday approved a motion to form a committee or commission to review the 2008 Constitution. (more…)

Myanmar’s parliament agreed Wednesday to set up a commission to review the pro-military 2008 constitution, a process that could eventually change the political landscape and allow opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to contest the presidency. (more…)

Burma’s parliament approved a presidential motion today abolishing the use of Foreign Exchange Certificates (FEC).
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The Public Account Committee of the Upper House is urging Parliament to take action against tax evasion and delinquent payments by companies that won auctions for state assets in Myanamar’s controversial privatisation scheme that saw about two-thirds of the state’s assets sold or leased to businesses, often those with close links to the previous military junta. (more…)

Burma’s Parliament took the first step on Friday towards the possible amendment of the Constitution which was drafted under a military regime and bars Nobel laureate and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from the presidency. (more…)

Burma’s Union Parliament approved the government’s US $1.15 billion military budget on Friday with an overwhelming majority. About $700 million will be spent on military hardware, accounting for over half of the controversial budget this year, according to documents obtained by The Irrawaddy. (more…)

“We need to adopt a new style of budgeting,” said an eminent economist and member of the council of economic advisors to the president, while speaking at a roundtable discussion on Myanmar’s budget process on Thursday. (more…)

Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw Thura U Shwe Mann discussed matters related to the National Planning Bill for 2013-2014 fiscal year at the 13th-day sixth regular session of the First Pyidaungsu Hluttaw today. (more…)

The speaker of the lower house of Burma’s parliament has nominated a former Supreme Court chief justice to head the country’s constitutional tribunal, whose members all quit last year following a row between the government and the legislature. (more…)

A member of parliament has fired back at claims that Rohingya Muslims do not exist in Burma, after a senior government minister allegedly accused the group of fabricating its history in a parliamentary discussion on Wednesday. (more…)

Complaints about illegal acts, including human rights violations, by Burma’s former military junta can still be submitted to the government, according to the chairman of a government committee that handles public complaints. (more…)

Burma’s Upper House on Thursday rejected a proposal to develop a nuclear power plant in the country, as most parliamentarians argued that other means of energy generation, such as hydropower dams, should be developed instead. (more…)

The 1982 Myanmar Citizenship Law requires no amendments as it prevents an illegal influx of foreigners, MPs, legal experts and representatives of ethnic groups said in response to a United Nations envoy’s call to amend the law. (more…)

Burma’s Deputy Immigration and Population Minister Kyaw Kyaw Win denied the existence of the Rohingya ethnic group in Burma during a parliamentary session on Tuesday. (more…)

A move to resolve the starvation situation in Chin state, Burma led to a survey between 7 January and 10 February by Pu Lal Maung Cung, a member of state Hluttaw and a representative from Than Tlang constituency. He is a member of the Chin National Party. (more…)

The time is still not right to conduct by-elections in the townships of Mogaung and Hpakant, said Lower House speaker Thura Shwe Mann when he met with some 1,000 Kachin State residents on Sunday. (more…)

Thura Shwe Mann, Speaker of the Lower House on February 10 visited internally displaced persons camps in Kachin State resulting from the arm conflict between the government army and Kachin Independence Army that erupted in June last year. (more…)