Ethnic armed groups raise demands for constitutional reform at Myanmar's Union Peace Conference

<p><span style="line-height: 20.4px;">Ethnic armed groups that signed up to the nationwide ceasefire pact raised their demands for constitutional reform yesterday as the Union Peace Conference in Nay Pyi Taw tackled the thorny issue of power sharing in a future federal state.&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 20.4px;">Ethnic leaders, speaking on the second day of the conference, said Myanmar would have difficulties in achieving a genuine federal union without changes to the 2008 constitution drawn up by the former military junta.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Discussions on economic reform featured debate over the controversial issue of sharing tax revenues between states and the central government.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>
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