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With it, they retain control over the key powers they share with a government and an elected civilian parliament.
The opposition groups, Burmese and ethnic, militate for its modification, which they regard as indispensable for the creation of a true democratic state.
The constitution in place today in Burma dates from 2008. At meetings called the National Convention, boycotted by Burmese and ethnic opposition members, 700 delegates selected by the Burmese military took fifteen years to write it.
This constitution is the instrument devised by the elite of the Burmese military junta for the process of democratization of the country since 2010.
