Sunday, May 4, 2008

Burma’s ‘road map to democracy’ to face first test

TV3 NEWS Sun, 04 May 2008

Burma's so-called "road map to democracy" is facing its first test with the UN urging the military government to allow all parties to take part in an upcoming referendum.

A vote on the army-written constitution is taking place next weekend and it is meant to lead to multi-party elections in 2010, aimed at ending five decades of military rule.

The National League for Democracy is rejecting the charter, which gives the army a quarter of the seats in parliament, and the right to suspend the constitution at will.

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