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…
Tag: electoral reform
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…
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.
Burma to consider proportional representation
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…