The World - News from June 11, 1989

Burma’s military government announced that it will retain power until an elected parliament writes a new constitution, a process that one diplomat said could take years. At a Rangoon news conference, a government spokesman, Col. Aung Thein, said the government “will hand over power immediately to a systematically formed government after the elections.” But he said the new parliament first must write a constitution. The previous constitution was abolished when the military took over. A government timetable suggests that elections will be held in May, 1990.