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Myanmar to hold talks on constitutional amendment: parliament speaker

Xinhua, April 6, 2015 Adjust font size:

Myanmar will hold talks on constitutional amendment on Friday, parliament speaker U Shwe Mann said on Monday.

The parties will involve the president, the defense chief, Aung San Suu Kyi, speakers of both Lower and Upper Houses and one ethnic representative as re-proposed by the parliament to President U Thein Sein in January, U Shwe Mann told representatives of 18 political parties attending the parliament.

The proposal called for holding the six-party talks as soon as possible to work out a framework for constitutional amendment.

The parliament's motion calling for the talks was put forward on Nov. 25 last year.

The president met some leaders of the country's political force in Nay Pyi Taw on Jan. 12 and with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on March 2 focusing on the issues of constitutional amendment and upcoming general election.

Before the 2015 general election planned for November, a nationwide referendum on amendment of the constitution is scheduled to be held in May for which a draft constitutional amendment law was adopted during the last session.

Myanmar's parliament session has been underway in Nay Pyi Taw since Jan. 19. Endi