The clause of “the President’s direct appointment to the Chief Justice” prescribed in the Constitution must be amended because it enables disruption to rule of law, MP Aung San Suu Kyi said at the media conference held at parliament building on May 21.

The Kayin Unity and Peace Council will act as a mediator the peace negotiation various Kayin’s armed groups with the hope of achieving national reconciliation, Man Aung Pyi Soe of Phalon Sawaw Democratic Party said.

China’s objection has led to the removal of the participation of the United States and the United Kingdom as observers in a peace talk between the government and the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), San Aung of Peace Coordinating Group (PCG) said.

After decades of monopolizing the news industry, state-owned newspapers are exploring ways to make the transition into a new media environment shaped by fierce competition among the privately owned publications, editors of the different newspapers said.