The third regular session of the Third Pyidaungsu Hluttaw continued for the ninth day at its building in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw session was attended by Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker U Aung Lin Dwe, Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U Khin Yi, Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Deputy Speaker Jeng Phang Naw Taung, Pyithu Hluttaw Deputy Speaker U Maung Maung Ohn, Union-level dignitaries and lawmakers.
MP U Zin Min Htet from the Bago Region Constituency 7 tabled a proposal to form a Joint Committee comprising appropriate Pyidaungsu Hluttaw representatives to review and draft legislation for the amendment of 43 provisions of the Constitution (2008) of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar recommended for amendment and supplementation, and the provisions contained in Parts (1), (2) and (3) of the Union Accord.
He stated that the purpose is to study and review the provisions relating to the establishment of a Union based on democracy and federalism, as contained in Parts (1), (2) and (3) of the Union Accord, which were discussed at the Union Peace Conference in accordance with Article 20 (e) of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) in connection with the amendment of the 2008 Constitution and subsequently submitted to the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw.
It is also intended to study and review the 43 provisions of the 2008 Constitution that should be amended or supplemented, including the 21 points agreed upon through negotiations with Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) and the points agreed upon through negotiations with the political parties group, as stated in the message dated 1 July 2026 sent by the President to the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, with a view to drafting legislation and proceeding with amendments to the Constitution.
The MP explained that it is necessary to make appropriate amendments to provisions of the Constitution to ensure their consistency with the processes that must continue to be undertaken flexibly to achieve lasting peace and national reconciliation, which all ethnic nationalities are striving earnestly to achieve, and to build mutual trust in these efforts. He added that the proposal is being submitted because the process has not yet reached the stage of amending the Constitution in accordance with the provisions of Sections 433, 434, 435 and 436 of Chapter XII on constitutional amendments. Rather, there is a need to systematically establish and implement a mechanism to study, review and facilitate the implementation of constitutional amendments. MP U Thein Tun Oo from the Amarapura Constituency seconded the motion.
The Speaker sought the approval of the Hluttaw to form a Joint Committee comprising appropriate representatives of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw to study and review matters and draft legislation for the amendment and supplementation of the Constitution (2008) of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. As the Hluttaw agreed to the proposal, the Speaker announced that the formation of the Joint Committee had been approved. and expenditure, or legal provisions of the bill could submit their name to the Director-General of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Office.
Lawmakers discussed Regarding the legal review report and the financial review report on the Union Supplementary Appropriation Bill for the 2016-2017 Financial Year, First Vice-Chairperson of the Joint Bill Committee MP Daw Nwe Nwe Oo from the Ayeyawady Region Constituency 2, and First Vice-Chair of Joint Public Accounts Committee AMP U Chit Swe from the Ayeyawady Region Constituency 10 presented the reports to the Hluttaw.
The Speaker announced that any Hluttaw representative wishing to discuss the principles and basic concepts, revenue matters related to the annual report 2025 of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission. The Speaker announced that the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission would provide further clarification on the report and that the Hluttaw would place it on record at the next session of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw.
The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw will continue its 10th-day meeting on 10 November.
News Team/TTA
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