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Myanmar
GOVERNMENT
Government: Military Congress Capital: Rangoon Independence: 4 January 1948 (from UK) National holiday: Independence Day, 4 January (1948); Union Day, 12 February (1947) Constitution: 3 January 1974; suspended since 18 September 1988; national convention convened in 1993 to draft a new constitution but collapsed in 1996; reconvened in 2004 but does not include participation of democratic opposition Legal system: has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
In World war II, the Burmese had the unique distinction of fighting first with the Japanese to defeat the British, then allying with the British to defeat the Japanese and being granted independence by both Japan and Britain. Since independence Burma, now called Myanmar, has endured a series of ethnic insurgencies, a blood civil war and even a brief taste of democracy.
