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A member of the Union Election Commission tells a session of Parliament’s Upper House that a by-election will be held sometime in 2018 to fill eight vacant seats in legislatures at the state, regional and national level.
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Speaking to DVB after the UEC released its statement today, USDP’s Nandar Hla Myint retorted that the Commission “could not be trusted” to be impartial.
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The USDP noted that the NLD won 81 percent of the vote in 2015, but just 47 percent in last week’s by-elections.
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The NLD won nine of 19 vacant seats at this weekend’s by-elections, largely failing to recreate the landslide victory it enjoyed at the polls in 2015.
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Burma’s political parties, including the NLD and USDP, wrap up their campaigns for this weekend’s by-election.
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The NLD’s candidate to succeed Suu Kyi in Kawhmu is Kyaw Win Swe, an English tutor and son of well-known writer Myaungmya Ba Swe.
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Burma’s Union Election Commission has officially opened the application process for candidates to run in by-elections slated for April next year.
Two Union Solidarity and Development Party representatives who won seats in the election last year have been found guilty of breaching the electoral law in their political campaigns.
Voters will be registered at their homes for future elections, an election commission official told parliament on Monday.
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Daw Suu Kyi appears to have hit the campaign trail early, but controversial decisions made by NLD party leadership may backfire in the coming election.
Burma’s state-run broadcaster will carry 15-minute party political broadcasts throughout the 60-day campaign period ahead of the general election on 8 November, but authorities have dictated a number of red lines.
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The ruling USDP has said will run in Kokang electorates. But is the war-torn region ready for polls so soon?
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The European Union (EU) on Friday signed an agreement with Burma to conduct a full Election Observation Mission during the general election in November.
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Noted political scientist and author Francis Fukuyama spoke to DVB on the sidelines of his talk in Rangoon, where he discussed economic policy, the rule of the law, and the need for Burma to be patient on the road to democracy.
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he Burmese government has gagged media linked to ousted Shwe Mann after President Thein Sein purged him and his allies from the ruling party leadership.
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Opposition parties are urging people to check their names against the voter lists, fearful that errors may disqualify many from voting in the upcoming polls.
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Training is to be offered to political parties so that they can provide information to voters about polling procedures, ahead of the general elections.
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Delegation led by President’s Office Minister Aung Min visit Tokyo.
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The lower house of parliament decides to continue using the “first-past-the-post” (FPTP) voting system in future elections.
The UEC has set about confirming just who is eligible to vote in next year’s general election.
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During a parliamentary debate today the NLD reiterated its opposition to any voting system which incorporates elements of proportional representation.
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says a referendum should be held to gauge public opinion on the various types of voting systems proposed for Burma’s 2015 elections.
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Several political parties in Burma have reacted with frustration to the election commission’s decision to cancel by-elections this year, while others — notably the NLD — shrugged off the polls as unnecessary and ‘a burden’.
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The PR system will entrench special interests in the parliament and create a political impasse, at the very moment when the nation needs general consensus to keep reforms moving quickly and smoothly.
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Human Rights Watch slammed Burma’s electoral body for “intimidating” the National League of Democracy.
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Shwe Mann asks the Committee for Implementation of the Amendment of the Constitution to review the vote plus referendum requirement for constitutional change, insists that all changes must be finalised six months from 2015 election.
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Arakanese party representatives disqualified by UEC for attacking previous military junta and USDP in election campaigns last year
Parliaments will be convened with representatives elected in the 7 November election before the end of January, said an elected USDP rep
Opposition party to sue Election Commission while the victorious USDP accuses opponent of buying votes prior to the polls
