The ruling party in Burma announces that it will field 1,147 candidates for the 8 November general election, but President Thein Sein will not run.
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Candidate list deadline extended due to floods
The last date for Burma’s political parties to submit their candidate lists for the November general election has been extended to 14 August.
No room for Ko Ko Gyi on NLD candidate list
NLD will contest 1,132 of the total possible 1,171 seats in the upper and lower houses, as well as in state and division assemblies.
8 Aug deadline set for parties’ candidate lists
The Union Election Commission has instructed political parties to submit lists of parliamentary candidates for the general election no later than 8 August.
USDA candidates for 2010 election shortlisted
Sep 4, 2008 (DVB), A list of three candidates for the 2010 election from Yezagyo township, Magwe division, has been sent to the Union Solidarity and Development Association headquarters, according to sources close to the association. The discussion of prospective candidates comes at a time when pro-democracy groups are continuing to protest against the proposed …
Journalists released in junta’s Independence Day amnesty
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Journalists freed in junta’s Independence Day amnesty Several journalists were released on Jan. 4, including Thuzar (freelance); Lway M Phaung, (Shwe Phee Myay News Agency); Pyae Phyo Aung (Voice Of Myanmar); Ye Tun Oo (aka Maung Kaung); Myo Min Tun (former editor of Ayeyarwaddy Times). Four journalists have been killed since …