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    Tagged: proportional representation

    2015 Elections Lead Story News

    First-past-the-post system for 2015 election: UEC

    UEC chairperson Tin Aye confirmed that parliament missed the deadline to change to proportional representation.

    2015 Elections Interview Lead Story News Politics

    ELECTION 2015: NUP’s Han Shwe

    DVB asks NUP leader how high his expectations are for this year’s election. And who does he consider the main contenders?

    2015 Elections Contributor Lead Story News

    Election 2015: the shape of polls to come

    As Burma warms up for its hotly anticipated election, what part will the country’s new voting system play?

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    Constitution Lead Story News Parliament Politics

    Anti-PR upper house MPs petition tribunal

    Twenty-six MPs petition the tribunal to opine on whether a Proportional Representation electoral system would be in accordance with the Constitution.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    Upper House votes to adopt PR nationwide

    Burma’s amyothar hluttaw approves by a majority vote the adoption of proportional representation for all future elections at a Union level, and for all states and divisions.

    Elections Lead Story News Parliament

    Lower House rejects PR system

    The lower house of parliament decides to continue using the “first-past-the-post” (FPTP) voting system in future elections.

    Elections Lead Story News Parliament

    NLD rejects hybrid voting system

    During a parliamentary debate today the NLD reiterated its opposition to any voting system which incorporates elements of proportional representation.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    PR, FPTP or five other electoral systems: Shwe Mann

    Lower house speaker calls for parliamentary commission to submit at least seven options for electoral systems – including proportional representation and first-past-the-post – that could be suitable to Burma.

    PR protestors denounce Rangoon MP video

    2015 Elections Lead Story News

    PR protestors denounce Rangoon MP

    A demonstration against proportional representation attracted 300 protestors in Pazungdaung township, Rangoon on Sunday.

    Ethnic issues Interview Lead Story News Politics

    Faithful to the party: Saw Than Myint

    DVB’s Shwe Aung speaks to Saw Than Myint, co-founder of the multi-ethnic Federal Union Party (FUP) and spokesperson for the Nationalities Brotherhood Federation (NBF), about the history of the two parties and their vision for the coming elections.

    Analysis Contributor Elections Lead Story News Politics

    First past the post: the responsible choice for Burma

    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.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Five opposition party members charged for protest against PR system

    Five members of two opposition parties were charged by local police in Pegu Division for leading an unauthorised demonstration against enacting a proportional representation (PR) voting system for the country’s elections, which was one of the central issues of the latest parliamentary session.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    MPs debate pros and cons of proportional representation

    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.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics

    Parliament approves vote, sans ethnic MPs, to debate new electoral system

    Burma’s lower house accepted a proposal to formally debate changing the current electoral system to a proportional representation (PR) system.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    NDF about-face on PR in ethnic states

    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.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics

    Ethnic political parties promise mass protest if PR system passes

    The Nationalities Brotherhood Federation will stage public protests across eastern Shan State if a parliament approves a Proportional Representation (PR) voting system.

    2015 Elections Lead Story Lifestyle News Politics

    Upper house votes for proportional representation

    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.

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    Debate on proportional representation continues in parliament

    Discussion on a proposal to switch to a proportional representation voting system continued this week in parliament.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics Suu Kyi

    NLD will ‘never give false hope to the people’, says Suu Kyi

    Burma’s main opposition party selects an election nomination board and discusses proportional representation at its central committee meeting in Rangoon.

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