After previously rejecting the registration application of the Kachin State Progressive Party (KSPP), Burma’s Election Commission (EC) has now rejected the applications of 14 leading KSPP members, including its founder Tu Ja, who alternatively applied to run as individuals.
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Kachin State Progressive Party chairman has called “groundless” recent claims made by Burmese junta minister Aung Thaung that the party was ineligible to register with the electoral watchdog over its connections to the Kachin Independence Organisation[...]
| |The Kachin State Progressive Party led by Dr. Tuja would be blocked from forming as a political party under electoral laws because of his past links with the Kachin Independence Organisation, a junta minister reportedly told Kachin leaders and elders on Monday[...]
| |It is becoming increasingly evident after the Kachin State Progressive Party (KSPP) appealed to the Union Election Commission (UEC) for the second time for approval, that the Burmese military junta is not in favour of the Kachin party contesting the 2010 elections, said party sources[...]
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