Burma New Draft Constitution is Completed

( 20 Feb 08 - RV) Burma’s military government announced yesterday that the writing of the country’s new draft constitution has been completed. The 54-member Constitution Drafting Commission finished the document after two months of working on it, but the text has not yet been made public. The new charter is meant to lead to a general election in 2010, but was drawn up with the objective of ensuring a leading role in politics for the military. Guidelines also included barring pro-democracy leader Aung San Su Kyi from public office. Anna Roberts is the director of The Burma Campaign UK, and says that this is not a step towards democracy, but an attempt to deceive the international community...