Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi told at a conference on Friday that the severe restrictions that make the 2008 Constitution unchangeable must be removed before any constitutional amendment could take place.

MPs will discuss the removal of the clause in Section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure used in granting presidential amnesties if and when the draft law is submitted to Parliament.

Leaders from different ethnic parties said establishing federal system is impossible in accord with the 2008 Constitution during the second day of Myanmar Constitutional Democracy Workshop, held in Micasa Hotel Yangon.

The 2008 State Constitution of Myanmar gives the military a much bigger role and the defence services commander-in-chief has more power than the president, a foreign law expert said.