The deputy commander-in-chief of the Myanmar military has said the country’s constitutional reform efforts should be in line with existing law, and warned that any effort to change the constitution through popular power rather than legal means would disrupt Myanmar's stability, RFA reported.

Vice Senior General Soe Win made the comments about the newly formed constitutional reform committee spearheaded by the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) government at a ceremony marking the country's 74th Armed Forces Day in the capital Naypyidaw.

He warned against implementing the desire of the majority without considering what other stakeholders want, calling it a violation of the rules.