Burma holds constitutional referendum
Saturday, May 10th, 200810/5/08
Myanmar’s junta went ahead with a constitutional referendum on Saturday despite international calls to postpone it after the devastation of Cyclone Nargis. The vote was postponed by two weeks in the hardest-hit Irrawaddy delta and Yangon although voting went ahead in other parts of the country. The opposition had denounced the constitution and vote as an attempt by the military to legitimize its 46-year rule. Meanwhile, the United Nations has appealed for $187 million in aid for the more than one million victims of the cyclone that hit the country.
