The Union Parliament approved the proposal to form the joint committee for constitutional amendment and it will be formed with equal proportion of the parliamentarians from the political parties and Tatmadaw representatives after assigning the deputy speaker as the chairman of the committee.

Upper House MP Aung Kyi Nyunt representing No 4 Constituency of Magway Region submitted the urgent proposal to the Union Parliament to form the joint committee with the suitable proportion of the parliamentarians from the Union Parliament to amend the 2008 Constitution in a speedy manner and the Union Parliament approved it on February 6.

“The joint committee will be formed with equal proportion of the parliamentarians from Upper House and Lower House as the proposal has been approved. The deputy speaker will be assigned as the chairman of the committee. The joint committee will be formed with equal proportion of the parliamentarians from the political parties and Tatmadaw representatives. The parliamentarians will be invited to discuss forming the joint committee and fixing the number of independent candidates. Duties, responsibilities, entitlements and tenure of the joint committee will be also discussed, said T Khun Myat, Speaker of Union Parliament.

Upper House MP U Aung Kyi Nyunt representing No 4 Constituency of Magway Region submitted an urgent proposal to form a joint committee with Union Parliament representatives to amend the 2008 Constitution as speedily as possible to the regular session of second Union Parliament in Nay Pyi Taw on January 29. 

The proposal sought the voting solution. There were a total of 601 voters in the parliament. The military representatives did not vote. There were 394 votes for and 17 against the proposal, with 3 abstentions.     

 Translated and Edited by Win Htut