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 NYAUNG-HNA-PIN, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's military government opened Wednesday what it says will be the final session of a national convention aimed at completing a process launched 14 years ago to draw up guidelines for a new constitution.
Critics call the proceedings a sham because the junta hand-picked most of the delegates and because pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi — currently under house arrest — cannot attend.
The meeting aims to complete the first stage of what the junta has called a seven-step "road map" to democracy that is supposed to culminate in free elections, although no timetable has been announced.
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