Myanmar says writing of draft constitution has been completed

Myanmar's ruling junta announced that the writing of the country's new draft constitution, to replace one scrapped in 1988, was completed Tuesday.

State radio and television said the 54-member Constitution Drafting Commission finished the draft after more than two month's work on it. The junta announced earlier this month that the draft will be submitted to a national referendum this May.

Government critics have called the constitutional process undemocratic because it has been closely directed by the military with no input from independent parties.