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On DVB Debate’s National Election Debate, senior members from across the political spectrum met at the Inya Lake Hotel in Rangoon on 4 November to champion their policies ahead of the 8 November general election.
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Aye Myint, chairman of the Guiding Star Party, spoke to DVB about running in the upcoming election and training the next generation of lawmakers.
Burma’s President Thein Sein has invited political party leaders to a meeting on Monday afternoon at the Rangoon government office.
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Election Commission announces an enrolment deadline of 30 April for those who wish to form new political parties to contest this 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.
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A demonstration against proportional representation attracted 300 protestors in Pazungdaung township, Rangoon on Sunday.
Lead Story News Peace Process Politics
A recent meeting of political party leaders to discuss a framework for post-ceasefire dialogue was carried out without Burma’s two biggest parties, giving rise to theories that past rivalries are resurfacing.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process Politics
Representatives of 53 political parties met in Rangoon on 13-14 September to discuss the framework for forthcoming political dialogue between Burma’s ethnic armed groups and the central government.
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With by-elections due across Burma by year’s end, several political parties have noted an interest in fielding candidates in the vacant constituencies of Kachin State, where previous elections were cancelled due to ongoing conflict.
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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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Ten MPs took to the floor of the lower house of Burma’s parliament on Friday as debate commenced on whether to employ a system of proportional representation (PR) in future general elections.
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The National Democratic Force says its proposal to adopt a proportional representation system was only meant for majority Burman-populated divisions and not ethnic states.
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The upper house of Burma’s Parliament has passed a proposal to recommend that the Union Election Commission (UEC) adopt a proportional representation (PR) voting system in future elections.
Burma’s upper house of parliament voted on Tuesday to discuss switching to a proportional representation (PR) voting system. The issue is likely to take the floor within the next week during the current session of parliament.
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Burma’s Union Election Commission (UEC) last week announced that new campaign guidelines have been drafted.
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Nine political parties, the core of whom are known informally in Burma as the “Third Force” and include the National Democratic Force and the Democratic Party-Myanmar, have announced that they have formed an alliance.
The National Democratic Front is planning to propose a law to “protect” Buddhist women entering interfaith marriages in Burma during this session of parliament
The National Democratic Force’s party leader asked voters to refrain from fear and pushed for peace while campaigning in Kachin state
Parliament rejects petition by NDF MP to exclude a stipulation that would bar many convicted of political charges from taking part in electoral politics
National Democratic Force fends off criticism from former party colleagues and will now wait for confirmation from the Burmese government
Eight-member alliance warns that it will ‘attack systematically’ any offensives launched by the government in its attempt to transform groups into border forces
