Students in Yangon led a peaceful march of between 50 and 200 protesters on Tuesday, urging Myanmar’s military to remove itself from politics according to Reuters on the 30 June. The march comes days after lawmakers voted down a measure to scrap the military's effective legislative veto.
Myanmar’s 2008 constitution reserves a quarter of parliamentary seats for unelected members of the military.Any proposed change to the constitution must win support from at least 75 percent of lawmakers, giving the military an effective veto power.
Police remained on the fringe of the protest, although a demonstration against Myanmar's education law in March was broken up violently by police and plainclothes men.
The protest stayed peaceful despite not having police permission as required under law.Police officersin riot gear patrolled alongside the marchers.