11 June, Nay Pyi Taw
The Union Minister and Attorney General of the Union attended the coordination meeting on existing development laws implemented in States and Regions and the Nay Pyi Taw Council, held in the meeting hall of the Ministry of Legal Affairs on 10 and 11 June, and delivered opening remarks.
The first day of the coordination meeting was held in a hybrid format and attended in person by the Deputy Minister and Deputy Attorney General, the Director General and the Deputy Director General of the Legislative Vetting Department, Advocates General of the respective Regions and States, members of Development Committees and senior officials, with a total of 50 participants, as well as online by the Development Committees of Kachin State, Chin State and Tanintharyi Region. The Union Minister and Attorney General of the Union said that the previous meetings had been organised by the Steering Committee for Vetting Development Laws to coordinate discussions on the application of development laws and that a Model Law had been drafted; the present meeting was organised for the purpose of uniformity among various development laws; the draft of the Regions and States Development Laws and the draft of City Development Law were distributed; the participants were encouraged to discuss the provisions in the draft laws; in implementing the development works mentioned in the draft Model Law, matters that are compatible with their regional circumstances should be selected and acted on; and the participants were encouraged to discuss any provisions in the draft City Development Law that are incompatible with their respective areas or to propose additional provisions, as efforts should be made to achieve as much uniformity as possible among City Development Laws.
On the second day, discussions continued on the uniformity of City Development Laws, and the Union Minister and Attorney General of the Union, the Deputy Minister and Deputy Attorney General, the Director General and responsible persons from the Legislative Vetting Department, the Nay Pyi Taw Development Committee, the Yangon City Development Committee and the Mandalay City Development Committee, as well as responsible persons from the Yangon Region Advocate General’s Office and the Mandalay Region Advocate General’s Office, attended the meeting.
(MOLA News)