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‘We want a Republic,’ proclaimed Aung San at the AFPFL convention on May 23,1947. ‘Republic alone can resurrect the idea of the sovereignty of the people,’
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Constituent Assembly, Proceedings, vol. 2, No. 5, August 4, 1947, pp. 125–126.
Parliamentary Proceedings, Joint Session, vol. 7, No. 1, March 11, 1957.
Guardian daily, May 10, 1958.
Parliamentary Proceedings, Joint Session, vol. 7, No. 1, March 11, 1957.
Parliamentary Proceedings, Deputies, vol. 3, No. 1, February 26, 1957. Under the President (Salary and Allowances) Act, 1948, the President gets k. 5,000 per month tax free as salary, a furnished residence and staff; k. 10.000 outfit allowance on first election, and k. 5,000 on re-election; k. 24,000 per year entertainment allowance, and (now) 75,000 per year travelling allowance.
U Thang Hlei vs. U Harang Naw, Election Petition Case No. 3 of 1956, Tribunal’s report in the Burma Gazette, Part I, March 15, 1958. Also see Parliamentary Election (Amendment) Act, being Act No. 8 of 1958.
Guardian daily, January 6, 1957; President U Win Maung gave an unprecedented press conference and complained that he had no real powers, not even to recommend his staff for titles and honours, and that the office was best suited for elderly men, Guardian July 1, 1958.
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© 1959 Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands
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Maung, M. (1959). The President. In: Burma’s Constitution. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-8890-6_8
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