Week 25: 2010 Election Watch (24-30 August)

Developments

• Union Democracy Party Chairman Thein Htay said that the party had decided to field only three candidates nationwide to protest the SPDC election laws. National Democratic Force leader Khin Muang Swe said he would not stand for election because of the SPDC Election Commission’s restrictions [...]

September 1, 2010 | Tags: 88 Generation Student Youths (Union of Myanmar), Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, National Democratic Force, National Development and Peace Party, New Mon State Party, Shan National Democratic Party, Swan Arr Shin, Union Democracy Party, Union of Myanmar Federation of National Politics, Union Solidarity and Development Party | Read more >>

Week 23: 2010 Election Watch (10-16 August)

Developments

• The SPDC Election Commission set the election date for 7 November and also established a two-week filing period that ends on 30 August for political parties to submit their list of candidates for review and approval.
• The SPDC Election Commission designated constituencies for the National and Regional Parliaments [...]

August 18, 2010 | Tags: 88 Generation Student Youths (Union of Myanmar), Altsean-Burma, Democratic Party (Myanmar), Kayin State Democracy and Development Party, Shan National Democratic Party, UN Secretary General, Union Democracy Party, Union Election Commission, Union of Myanmar Federation of National Politics, United Kingdom, United States | Read more >>

Myanmar opposition party threatens to shun polls

One of Myanmar’s biggest political parties threatened on Wednesday to pull out of this year’s long-awaited elections if there were signs of foul play by the ruling military in the run-up to the polls.

The Union Democracy Party (UDP) is considered one of the frontrunners in the opposition camp[...]

August 11, 2010 | Tags: Union Democracy Party, Union Election Commission | Read more >>

Week 22: 2010 Election Watch (3-9 August)

Developments

• Union Democracy Party Chairman Phyo Min Thein resigned over concerns that the upcoming elections would not be free and fair due to the oppressive SPDC election laws [...]

August 11, 2010 | Tags: All Burma Youth Union, Altsean-Burma, Chin Progressive Party, Union Democracy Party, Union Solidarity and Development Party | Read more >>

Walking Away from an Unfair Election

Phyo Min Thein, the chairman of the Union Democracy Party, recently announced his resignation, saying that the military regime-sponsored 2010 election would not be free and fair. Among the 40 political parties currently registered with the Union Election Commission (EC), the UDP chairman was the first party leader to resign. Phyo Miin Thein, 41, took part in the 1988 uprising. He was arrested in 1990 and released in 2005. Irrawaddy reporter Ko Htwe interviewed Phyo Min Thein about his resignation and the planned election[...]

August 10, 2010 | Tags: Union Democracy Party, Union Election Commission | Read more >>