YANGON: Dozens of protesters marched against a law giving voting rights to Myanmar’s temporary citizens, including hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya, as the parliament’s speaker referred the issue to a constitutional tribunal.
Controversy over those with limited citizenship rights in Myanmar’s national identification system spilled onto the streets yesterday after a Bill granting them voting rights in referendums was enacted on Tuesday.
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