The new parliamentary joint committee tasked with amending Myanmar’s constitution will review 48 basic principles of the charter, including the powerful military’s role in politics, amid ongoing objections by the armed forces, RFA reported quoting the head of the panel on Monday.

Deputy parliamentary speaker Tun Tun Hein, who chairs the committee, said the 45-member panel will work on amending the 2008 charter, drafted by a military junta that ruled the country at the time, according to the law.

The meeting included legislators from the army and the main opposition, the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), who did not participate in the first meeting.