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Posts Tagged ‘National League for Democracy’
Review on the Flawed Election
[...] A review of the 2010 elections and the flawed results by 10 activist organizations inside Burma. The organizations conclude that the military system will continue to prevail in Burma because the post-election parliament will be dominated by the military and the junta-backed USDP. They propose tasks for the incoming parliament, pledge to continue to improve their coordination and cooperation to work in unity, and express their support for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the National League for Democracy and the Committee Representing People Parliament [...]
| |PFOB Chair Decries Absurd Election Complaint Fees and Calls on the Military and its Proxy Party to Protect Aung San Suu Kyi
It is absurdly difficult to make a complaint about the recent sham elections in Burma orchestrated by the military and their party USDP. To make a single complaint costs about 5 times your annual income. And if the complaint is determined to be unfounded, you can be fined about 15 times your annual salary. “This is absurd” said PFOB Chair the Honourable Larry Bagnell M.P. Yukon [...]
| |Week 34: 2010 Election Watch (26 October – 1 November)
Developments
NLD members distributed election boycott leaflets in Rangoon’s Insein and Mingaladon Townships. Riot police in Rangoon’s North Okkalapa Township surrounded “no-vote” campaigners as they attempted to distribute election boycott leaflets.
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Week 31: 2010 Election Watch (5-11 October)
Developments
- Youth activists posted signs that urged people to boycott the upcoming elections in 15 Villages across Arakan State.
- Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) organizers told residents of Shweza Village, Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, that if they did not vote for USDP candidates, they could be fined up to 100,000 kyat (about US$1,000) and serve one year in prison [...]
An Election Not Worthy of Support
Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, recently said the world must exercise “utmost vigilance” to ensure the approaching elections in Myanmar (Burma) are free and fair.
We are disappointed in such comments, which focus on the election as something important for our country, as something worth waiting and watching for, although this election is not the solution for Burma.
The elections, scheduled for Nov. 7, are designed to legalize military rule in Burma under the 2008 constitution, which was written to create a permanent military dictatorship in our country [...]
| |Week 28: 2010 Election Watch (14-20 September)
Developments
- The SPDC Election Commission announced that polls would not be held in 3,314 Villages in Kachin, Karen, Karenni, Mon, and Shan States because “they are in no position to host free and fair elections.”
- The SPDC Election Commission rejected the application of 14 Kachin State Progressive Party members to run as independent candidates [...]
NLD Continues Boycott Activities Despite Threats
Members of the disbanded National League for Democracy party (NLD) continued their election boycott activities despite the regime’s threat of jail sentences on Saturday.
Referring to the boycott activities of the NLD, the regime media warned that those activities can amount to disruptions of voting and those responsible for the acts could be jailed for up to one year [...]
| |Canada Concerned by Dissolution of Political Parties in Burma
“Canada is disappointed that Burma’s military regime has reached a new low in its failure to live up to its democratic promises. The dissolution of the NLD and nine other political parties further illustrates the regime’s systematic disregard for the basic principles of democracy [...]
| |Mandalay and Shan NLD support election boycott
Sympathetic residents from Mandalay Division and Shan State have agreed to boycott the junta’s forthcoming election, in line with central National League for Democracy party policy, the opposition group announced
| |Election Commission Disbands NLD
Burma’s Union Election Commission (EC) officially announced on Tuesday evening the dissolution of 10 political parties, including the main opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), which is led by detained pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.[...]
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