Week 29: 2010 Election Watch (21-27 September)

Developments

• The SPDC Election Commission rejected the transcripts for the TV and radio campaign messages of the Union of Myanmar Federation of National Politics, the 88 Generation Student Youths (Union of Myanmar), and the Democratic Party (Myanmar) [...]

September 29, 2010 | Tags: 88 Generation Student Youths (Union of Myanmar), Altsean-Burma, ASEAN, Democratic Party (Myanmar), Kachin State Progressive Party, Karenni National Progressive Party, Northern Shan State Progressive Party, Resistance, Union Election Commission, Union of Myanmar Federation of National Politics, Union Solidarity and Development Party, United States | Read more >>

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 >>

Rangoon district to file case against party fund-raisers

Rangoon East District municipal committee is to file cases against 10 central committee members from two political parties for collecting party funds to contest in the upcoming general elections, a party members said.

Yesterday, the district committee summoned to its offices in South Okkalapa Township tomorrow Khin Maung Win and four others, central committee members of the 88-Generation Students and Youths (Union of Myanmar), and, Aung Min Thu and four others from the Union of Myanmar Federation of National Politics (UMFNP) [...]

July 9, 2010 | Tags: 88 Generation Student Youths (Union of Myanmar), Union of Myanmar Federation of National Politics | Read more >>

Week 16: 2010 Election Watch (22-28 June)

Developments

• The SPDC Election Commission issued Directive 2/2010, which imposes severe restrictions on the political parties’ freedom of expression, assembly, and movement [...]

June 30, 2010 | Tags: 88 Generation Student Youths (Union of Myanmar), Altsean-Burma, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Kachin State Progressive Party, Union Election Commission, Union of Myanmar Federation of National Politics | Read more >>