The joint parliamentary committee appointed to review the constitution has appointed five groups to study the more than 300,000 submissions it has received that propose changes to the charter, Pyithu Hluttaw MP Thura U Aung Ko told Mizzima on January 7.
Thura U Aung Ko, who said the submissions to the 108 member committee had been sent from inside and outside the country, chairs one of the groups.
Excluding the chairman and deputy chairman of the joint committee, the groups have a total of 106 members, he said.
One of the groups has 17 civilian hluttaw representatives, including its chair, Thura U Aye Myint, and five Tatmadaw hluttaw representatives.
Each of the other groups, which are headed by Thura U Aung Ko, U Thein Zaw, U Thein Swe and U Soe Naing, have 16 civilian and five Tatmadaw hluttaw representatives.
Thura U Aung Ko said his group had been tasked to study submissions concerning the chapter of the constitution relating to legislative, judicial and administration matters.
“Every chapter of the constitution is important,” he said.
“But the chapter we are going to review is more important. We are honoured to be assigned with this task”.
The other chapters have been allocated among the other groups.
Dr Zaw Myint, a member of the group headed by Thura U Aung Ko, said they were due to begin studying the submissions on January 8 and would submit their recommendations to the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw by January 31.
The joint parliamentary constitution review committee was appointed by the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw on July 25. It had 109 members but one died.
