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    Tagged: union solidarity and development party

    Crime Lead Story News Politics

    USDP blasts NLD for ‘rampant’ crime

    A newspaper published by Burma’s former ruling party claims that crime has sharply risen in the less than five months that the NLD has been in power.

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    Former MP takes aim at politicians with new journal

    The new journal, published by former USDP lawmaker “Bullet” Hla Swe, targets both the ruling NLD and its military-backed predecessor.

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    USDP petition calls for emergency meeting

    As the USDP leadership calls for greater unity, more than half the party’s central committee members say an emergency meeting is needed to discuss a recent purge.

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    Aung Ko: A ‘traitor’ to his party, but loyal to his country

    A member of the rival USDP, Thura Aung Ko is an unlikely NLD ally, but as a minister in the newly formed cabinet, he vows to put country before party.

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    Suu Kyi to pick conciliatory cabinet

    Suu Kyi will form a cabinet of technocrats, including ethnic minority representatives and at least one member of the vanquished USDP.

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    Burmese poets turn their pens to lawmaking

    Poets have long expressed the mood of Burma’s repressed people through verse. Now, 11 of them, all representing the NLD, will help write the nation’s laws.

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    Suu Kyi meets president, military chief

    Burma’s president and military commander-in-chief met Suu Kyi today for talks billed as the first steps towards the transfer of power.

    Ethnic issues Kachin Lead Story News

    KIA-Burmese army clash ‘fiercest in history’

    Amidst an ongoing clash between government troops and the Kachin Independence Army, DVB spoke to KIA representative La Nan.

    Past, present military heavyweights cast ballots video

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    Past, present military heavyweights cast ballots

    Heavyweights from the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) have cast their ballot in Burma’s historic general election.

    Ruling party banks on development legacy video

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Video

    Ruling party banks on development legacy

    The ruling party has staked much of its legacy on its building works, from roads to agriculture to the restoration of holy sites.

    Home-to-vote contingent hope to swing election video

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Video

    Home-to-vote contingent hope to swing election

    Over a hundred Burmese voters living in Singapore flew to Rangoon on Friday to cast their ballots before polls close over the weekend.

    2015 Elections Arakan Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics

    Kaman Muslims distance themselves from Rohingya

    Kaman Muslims in Arakan State who have lost citizenship rights after being caught up in sectarian violence are hoping the elections will change their fate.

    The national election debate video

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    The national election debate

    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.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News

    Ruling party holds last-push rally in Rangoon

    Just five days after opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi held a rally at Thuwanna pagoda, the ruling Union and Solidarity Development Party attracted roughly 10,000 people decked out in green at the very same spot for their own final campaign push.

    We’ll win fair and square: Suu Kyi video

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Video

    We’ll win fair and square: Suu Kyi

    Burma opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, said she would rather lose the election than win through scandals as she campaigned in her constituency on the fringes of Burma’s commercial capital, Rangoon on Saturday.

    2015 Elections Lead Story Military News

    Top brass told to vote with military in mind

    Burma’s most senior military official instructed fellow officers on Tuesday to keep army interests in mind when casting their ballots next month.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    Independent candidate arrested for sedition

    Myat Nu Khine, an independent candidate in Pegu constituency, has been arrested and charged for her alleged involvement in a protest last year.

    2015 Elections Interview Lead Story News Politics

    ‘Change cannot come from the ruling party’: Hla Toe

    Kaman National Progressive Party vice chairman Hla Toe talks about his party’s campaign, the problems of the Kaman Muslims and Burma’s political future.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    Shwe Mann condemns ‘abuse of religion’

    Shwe Mann, the former USDP chairman and current house speaker, has spoken out against the “abuse of religion” for political gain in a campaign rally.

    2015 Elections Interview Lead Story News Politics

    Activists should unite, says Khin Ma Ma Myo

    Khin Ma Ma Myo discusses politics in Burma, and the military’s continued control over the ministries of defence, home affairs and border security.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News

    Choose a patron, not a party: USDP candidate

    “We not only raise issues in the parliament but are also providing help to locals at our own financial expense so rural areas such as yours should consider the individual that is running,” said USDP candidate Khin Swe.

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    Thein Sein touts his presidential achievements

    Thein Sein portrayed himself as a champion of free speech in a video posted on Facebook, fuelling speculation he is aiming for a second term as President.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics Suu Kyi

    Activists, academics hope to tip scales towards NLD

    Leading activists and academics in Burma are rallying behind opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi ahead of the November elections, hoping that a win for her party will force the military to loosen its grip on power.

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    Aung Thaung flown to Singapore after stroke

    Senior Burmese government official Aung Thaung has been airlifted to Singapore for emergency medical treatment after suffering a severe stroke.

    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.

    Foreign Affairs Lead Story News Parliament

    Parliament condemns US blacklisting of Aung Thaung

    Burma’s lower house passed an emergency proposal denouncing the US for blacklisting Aung Thaung, a prominent member of Burma’s former military regime.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    USDP denies role in cancelling by-elections

    A USDP spokesman rejects reports that Burma’s ruling party was involved in axing this year’s by-elections, but said that he believes the decision to cancel polling was “sensible”.

    Constitution Lead Story News Politics

    USDP discuss ‘crucial clauses’ of constitution

    The ruling USDP sits for its own Central Committee meeting in Naypyidaw where it will debate proposals for constitutional reform.

    News Politics

    Shan minister first of Burma govt to resign

    Departure of regional minister for planning, less than 3 weeks before parliament reconvenes, put down to personal problems

    News Politics

    Parties form interim election alliance

    Second vote to fill empty parliamentary seats mooted for later this year, with 11 parties agreeing to form allied front

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