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

UEC chairperson Tin Aye confirmed that parliament missed the deadline to change to proportional representation.
Twenty-six MPs petition the tribunal to opine on whether a Proportional Representation electoral system would be in accordance with the Constitution.
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.
The lower house of parliament decides to continue using the “first-past-the-post” (FPTP) voting system in future elections.
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.
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…