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On 9 April 2008, the military government of Burma released its proposed new constitution for the country to be put to a vote in public referendum on 10 May 2008. The constitution is hailed by the military as heralding a return to democracy, but the opposition see it as a tool for continuing military control of the country. In particular the opposition have criticized the fact that large numbers of seats in the government are reserved for the military and also that the constitution bars anyone who has previously been married to a foreigner to run for political office, a rule that appears to have been aimed at the leader of the opposition and pre-coup elected leader of Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi who was married to a now deceased British academic.[1]
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