NYAUNG HNA PIN, Myanmar - MyanmarÂ’s military leaders reopened a long-delayed convention for drafting a constitution on Tuesday, after slamming the party of Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi for boycotting the proceedings.More than 1,000 delegates attended the convention, the latest phase in a process that started 13 years ago, which human rights groups have denounced as a sham and undemocratic. Suu Kyi remains under house arrest, and her opposition group is shunning the convention as undemocratic to protest her continued arrest.
The current session is set to last more than two months. It comes after an eight-month hiatus.