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UN News Centre: Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Myanmar
"... In light of this announcement, the Secretary-General renews his call to the Myanmar authorities to make the constitution-making process inclusive, participatory and transparent in order to ensure that any draft constitution is broadly representative of the views of all the people of Myanmar. In this regard, he believes it is now all the more important for the Myanmar leadership to engage without delay in a substantive and time-bound dialogue with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and other relevant parties to the national reconciliation process. The UN remains ready to continue to support this process with the cooperation of the parties concerned... "
US White House: Press Briefing on Burma
"...The proposed constitution reportedly has many non-democratic features. For example, Aung San Suu Kyi would be banned from running for office because of her marriage to a foreigner. We call on the Burmese government to comply with the United Nations call last October, that this be an open and inclusive process that allows all of the Burmese people a fair say in the structure and form of their new government. The problem is not with the setting of a date for elections, but with the non-transparent and exclusive processes being promulgated by the regime..."
The 88 Generation Students: Announcement 2/2008 (88)
"...On 9 February 2008, the military regime announced that it will hold a constitutional referendum in May this year and a general election in 2010. The military regime is once again trying to abolish the 1990 elections results and the election winning party status held by the NLD. The regime is attempting to legalize the military dictatorship with a sham-constitution. We believe that the military regime will use its security forces and its militias, USDA and Swan Arr Shin, to force the people to vote for its constitution and will also use any means possible, including force, to make its constitution approved in the referendum..."
News from Burmese Media
Democratic Voice of Burma: Mixed International Response to Junta’s Election Plans
Democratic Voice of Burma: Pagoda Closed to Taunggok NLD Members
Democratic Voice of Burma: Leading Monk Flees Burma for Thailand
Mizzima News: Swan Arr Shin Members Patrol Rangoon
Mizzima News: U.N./U.S. Beseech Junta to Engage Opposition
Mizzima News: Veteran Chin Politician Criticizes Junta's Announcement
Kaladan Press Network: India Pushes Bangladesh to Import More Rice from Burma
Kaladan Press Network: Tabalique Group Arrested by Burma’s Security Forces
Kachin News Group: KNPP Calls for Its Removal from List of Those Using Child Soldiers
Khonumthung News: Pro-Democracy Activists Urge Release of Burmese Prisoners in India
New Light of Myanmar: Senior General Than Shwe Sends Union Day message
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Union Day Protest in Rangoon
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Burmese Ethnic Groups Call for Another Panglong Agreement
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Junta Tightens Passports for NGO Staff
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Asean Chief: Burma Charter Vote a First Step
News from Global Media
Bangkok Post: UN Chief, US Unimpressed
Al Jazeera: Myanmar Ruler in 'Democracy' Call
AFP: Aung San Suu Kyi's Party Calls for 'Fair Political Climate' in Myanmar
RIA Novosti: Moscow Praises Myanmar Referendum, Election Plans
International Herald Tribune: Myanmar Demonstrators Urge Military Junta to Allow Democracy
Reporters Without Borders: Journalist U Win Tin and Blogger Nay Phone Latt Transferred to Insein Prison
Christian Today: Baptists Minister to Refugees Along Thai-Burma Border
Multimedia
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Naypyidaw’s Oscar Event
Opinion/Other
Democratic Voice of Burma: Lawlessness, the Stuff that Binds in Burma [Commentary] - Basil Fernando
Mizzima News: The Junta's Electoral Gambit - Dr. Sein Myint
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Elections, Generals and Broken Hearts [Commentary] - Kyaw Zwa Moe
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Just Say ‘No’ to Junta’s Constitution - Aung Moe Zaw
The Nation: Little Hope in Burmese Junta's Democratic Bluster - Dr. Pavin Chachavalpongpun
Inter Press Service: Resistance To Constitutional Referendum Builds Up - Marwaan Macan-Markar
Bangkok Post: The Junta's Slow March to Democracy [Analysis] - Larry Jagan
Bangkok Post: Rethinking Beijing's Burma Policy - Jason Qian and Anne Wu
Statement/Press Release
Human Rights Watch: Burma: Referendum a Sham Unless Repression Ends
Fun
Cartoon: “The Da Vinci Code? — No, Burma’s Censorship Board”Source: Irrawaddy News Magazine
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