Myanmar goes for a referendum favoring the military junta that has ruled since 1962 in the middle of millions dead, injured and homeless
Tania Saleem
May 10, 2008

It is a genuine farse of democratic rights. The vote, which even before the May 3 storm was considered by many a foregone conclusion because the rules are skewed in favor of the military junta that has ruled since 1962, is now a joke in the middle of millions dead or dying because of total mismanagement of the disaster.

The new constitution is supposed to be followed in 2010 by a general election. Both votes are elements of a "road map to democracy" drawn up by the junta. The draft constitution guarantees 25 percent of parliamentary seats to the military and allows the president to hand over all power to the military in a state of emergency.

Its rules would also bar Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, the detained leader of the country's pro-democracy movement, from public office. The military refused to honor the results of a 1990 general election won by her National League for Democracy party.

"I haven''t read the constitution but the government would not do anything inappropriate or bad for the country," said retired army soldier Nyo Aye, who was voting in the city of Hlegu, 30 miles north of Yangon.

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