Judicial Power in Myanmar and the Challenge of Judicial Independence

Crouch, Melissa

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“…For one, the military has an effective veto right over constitutional change and it has thus far been inflexible regarding potential change (Harding, 2017). In addition, the judiciary and constitutional court are theoretically independent, but practically influenced by the military (Crouch, 2018). There are effectively three autonomous governments – the military, the democratically elected government, and the EAOs (Callahan, 2007).…”

Section: Ethnic Conflict Stalemate and The Need For A New Form Of Pmentioning

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Moderating polarised positions on questions of national identity and sovereignty: Deliberative surveys on federalism in Myanmar

Breen

2019

International Area Studies Review

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Myanmar is in an important phase of its political transition. The opportunity for substantive federal reform, which is central to peacebuilding and democratisation, is present and being progressed through parallel elite level forums. However, these elite negotiations have serious limitations, as they fail to reach out to citizens, and contribute to polarisation and the perpetuation of extreme views regarding federalism. To address the absence of public deliberation on federalism in Myanmar, we organised five deliberative events based on the Deliberative Polling® methodology. This paper discusses some of the key findings and demonstrates how they can contribute to federal constitutional reform in Myanmar. It shows that when debating fundamental issues relating to identity and national sovereignty, public deliberation has moderation effects even in conflict-ridden deeply divided societies. Indeed, questions that related to the institutions associated with identity and religion had the highest quality of deliberation, opinion change and moderation. These more moderate and considered deliberated perspectives are of great value for dealing with the polarisation issue that Myanmar faces and demonstrate the potential of deliberative democracy tools to supplement and moderate electoral democracy and elite-driven constitutional change processes.

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Section: Ethnic Conflict Stalemate and The Need For A New Form Of Pmentioning

confidence: 99%

Moderating polarised positions on questions of national identity and sovereignty: Deliberative surveys on federalism in Myanmar

Breen

2019

International Area Studies Review

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Judicial Power in Myanmar and the Challenge of Judicial Independence

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Moderating polarised positions on questions of national identity and sovereignty: Deliberative surveys on federalism in Myanmar

Moderating polarised positions on questions of national identity and sovereignty: Deliberative surveys on federalism in Myanmar

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