The Proportional Representation electoral system is not suitable for Burma or Myanmar .
It produces ' Weak ' coalition government rather than strong majority government ,which arguably can lead to indecision , compromise and even Parliament Paralysis .
PR list system can be without the link between the elected representative and his or her constituency .
The greater Complexity and Choice that , PR allows can put voters off voting , by requiring Public to have a greater knowledge of individual and party positions .
The public can be cheated by the political parties and constituency .
According to Military approved 2008 constitution which allowed the 25% of Parliament member seats of Army Officers without public votes , in the Parliament of the Republic of Union of Myanmar .
The Proportional Representation Electoral System was created by the Military ( Tatmadaw ) group which can block or veto the 2008 Myanmar Constitutional Change .
The FPTP SYSTEM should be continued using to elect the Parliamentary Members in 2015 election . Thank ! all the people in Myanmar .
The greatest " HOPE " OF the people Myanmar , The moral courage and the moral obligation of the Tatmadaw .
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Myanmar’s powerful military is against any proposed changes to the constitution that will take away its veto power over all future amendments to the charter, according to a parliamentary panel tasked with reviewing the country’s military-written constitution.
The 31-member committee, which formed in February to report on constitutional amendments to parliament, submitted its final report to the legislature on Tuesday, containing proposals from all political parties, civilian organizations, and the military.
Parliament will discuss the points raised by the report, including Article 436 of the constitution, which allows effective veto power by Myanmar’s military over proposed constitutional changes.
Article 436 effectively gives the military, which controls 25 percent of seats in parliament, a veto over constitutional amendments, since it requires more than 75 percent of parliamentary representatives to approve any change.
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said that getting rid of the military’s veto is the first step needed to pave the way for other charter amendments.
San Pyi, the committee’s joint secretary, told RFA’s Myanmar Service that the military has defended the contentious provision.
“The military representatives of parliament proposed that this should be maintained in its original form,” he said.
Conditional approval
San Pyi also said that Myanmar’s ruling Union Solidarity Development Party (USDP) gave conditional approval to amending Article 436.
The USDP said that as the party moves to implement democratic reforms, any “improvements” to the constitution “must be made in consideration of the important roles played by the people and the people’s representatives and in accordance with the timelines of the situation,” according to San Pyi.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) has called for an amendment to Article 436, proposing that all future constitutional amendments be approved by two-thirds of elected lawmakers or more than half of all lawmakers, said Aung Kyi Nyunt, an NLD lawmaker.
Following that, the NLD wants a referendum to be held in stages where more than half of those eligible to vote would have to approve the amendments.
The NLD, with the 88 Generation students group, had collected nearly 5 million signatures during a campaign from May 27 to July 19, calling for an end to the military’s veto power on amendments to the constitution, just before the committee submitted its preliminary report.
It produces ' Weak ' coalition government rather than strong majority government ,which arguably can lead to indecision , compromise and even Parliament Paralysis .
PR list system can be without the link between the elected representative and his or her constituency .
The greater Complexity and Choice that , PR allows can put voters off voting , by requiring Public to have a greater knowledge of individual and party positions .
The public can be cheated by the political parties and constituency .
According to Military approved 2008 constitution which allowed the 25% of Parliament member seats of Army Officers without public votes , in the Parliament of the Republic of Union of Myanmar .
The Proportional Representation Electoral System was created by the Military ( Tatmadaw ) group which can block or veto the 2008 Myanmar Constitutional Change .
The FPTP SYSTEM should be continued using to elect the Parliamentary Members in 2015 election . Thank ! all the people in Myanmar .
The greatest " HOPE " OF the people Myanmar , The moral courage and the moral obligation of the Tatmadaw .
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Myanmar’s powerful military is against any proposed changes to the constitution that will take away its veto power over all future amendments to the charter, according to a parliamentary panel tasked with reviewing the country’s military-written constitution.
The 31-member committee, which formed in February to report on constitutional amendments to parliament, submitted its final report to the legislature on Tuesday, containing proposals from all political parties, civilian organizations, and the military.
Parliament will discuss the points raised by the report, including Article 436 of the constitution, which allows effective veto power by Myanmar’s military over proposed constitutional changes.
Article 436 effectively gives the military, which controls 25 percent of seats in parliament, a veto over constitutional amendments, since it requires more than 75 percent of parliamentary representatives to approve any change.
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said that getting rid of the military’s veto is the first step needed to pave the way for other charter amendments.
San Pyi, the committee’s joint secretary, told RFA’s Myanmar Service that the military has defended the contentious provision.
“The military representatives of parliament proposed that this should be maintained in its original form,” he said.
Conditional approval
San Pyi also said that Myanmar’s ruling Union Solidarity Development Party (USDP) gave conditional approval to amending Article 436.
The USDP said that as the party moves to implement democratic reforms, any “improvements” to the constitution “must be made in consideration of the important roles played by the people and the people’s representatives and in accordance with the timelines of the situation,” according to San Pyi.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) has called for an amendment to Article 436, proposing that all future constitutional amendments be approved by two-thirds of elected lawmakers or more than half of all lawmakers, said Aung Kyi Nyunt, an NLD lawmaker.
Following that, the NLD wants a referendum to be held in stages where more than half of those eligible to vote would have to approve the amendments.
The NLD, with the 88 Generation students group, had collected nearly 5 million signatures during a campaign from May 27 to July 19, calling for an end to the military’s veto power on amendments to the constitution, just before the committee submitted its preliminary report.
