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    First-past-the-post system for 2015 election: UEC
    May 22, 2015in 2015 Elections, Lead Story, News90by KYAW ZAYAR WIN / DVB
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    First-past-the-post system for 2015 election: UEC

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

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    Anti-PR upper house MPs petition tribunal
    December 4, 2014in Constitution, Lead Story, News, Parliament, Politics274by AYE NAI / DVB
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    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.

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    Upper House votes to adopt PR nationwide
    November 25, 2014in 2015 Elections, Lead Story, News, Politics2by DVB
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    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.

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    Lower House rejects PR system
    November 14, 2014in Elections, Lead Story, News, Parliament2by SHWE AUNG / DVB
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    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.

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    Suu Kyi calls for PR referendum
    October 27, 2014in Elections, Lead Story, News16by DVB
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    Suu Kyi calls for PR referendum

    Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says a referendum should be held to gauge public opinion on the various types of voting systems proposed for Burma’s 2015 elections.

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    Faithful to the party: Saw Than Myint
    August 17, 2014in Interview, Lead Story, News, Politics123by SHWE AUNG / DVB
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    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…

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