The need for a Constitutional settlement to further the reform process in Myanmar (Burma)

During her visit to Australia in November 2013, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi— now a Myanmar legislator—stood on the center stage of the Sydney Opera House facing an applauding crowd of Australians who stood with her through the many years of her struggle for a democratic, pluralistic, tolerant, and free Myanmar. Amidst the crowd‘s well-placed applause and laughter in her honor, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi made a statement on that day that we consider key. She said: ―So this present government[,] which is in part through the 2010 elections[,] is carrying out the seventh part of [its] road map . . . by which th[is] government will bring Burma to what they described as disciplined democracy. Now that‘s very suspect.‖ We agree. We approach this article with some combined thirty-five years of experience in engaging with Myanmar and her people. Given this experience, we know that Myanmar has an unpredictable future. We also know there are some who have attempted to pre-determine that future.