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By David C. Williams
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Monday, 07 November 2011 10:28 |
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Burma’s ruling junta, the SPDC, has decided to hold elections in 2010 to choose a civilian government under the 2008 constitution, which was adopted by force and fraud. Even if those elections are free and fair, however, they won’t bring about civilian rule because the constitution does not provide for it–a partially civilian government, yes, but civilian rule, no.
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By Robert H Taylor
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The power of the army in the constitution is justified, in the minds of the SPDC, on at least two grounds. One is historical. As numerous articles and books during the two decades after 1988 argue, the army has frequently had to act to save the state from disintegration, lost of sovereignty, and other calamities. The origin of the army in 1942 as the BIA is described as in the patriotic tradition of the pre-colonial kings and their armies, especially those of the founders of dynasties, rather than in the actions of student nationalists as argued during the socialist era.
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By Yash Ghai
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In this paper I describe the reason why the regime undertook the task of drafting a new constitution and the process of preparing it. I examine the principles which the regime claims underlie the constitution (mainly as set out in the introductory parts of the constitution) and show the falsity of the claims.
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