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Posts Tagged ‘Union Solidarity and Development Association’
Election Bulletin: Elections Marred By Regime’s Campaign Restrictions, Harassment and Lack of Voter Education
During the elections, the regime took extensive measures to limit election participation at all levels; from restricting political party participation to blocking free flow of information on the elections, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) ensured that they would be able to dominate and control the process from beginning to end [...]
| |Election Bulletin: Fraudulent Elections Undermine Citizen’s Electoral Rights
Burma’s elections took place in a highly undemocratic and repressive environment governed by a countrywide entrenched climate of fear [...]
| |Burma: A Violent Past to a Brutal Future
This report looks at the history of the junta-backed social organization, the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA), and its transformation to the political party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP). It documents how the USDA’s legacy of violence, manipulation, domination, and repression has since been transferred to and continued by the USDP in their election campaigning [...]
| |Key Stakeholders Explore the Reality on the Ground of Burma’s Military Elections
Speakers representing central stakeholders in Burma spoke today about how the elections next Sunday will not improve the situation on the ground in Burma. They spoke about the junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party’s (USDP) manipulation of the polls, the National League for Democracy’s ongoing efforts for genuine democracy, escalating attacks against ethnic nationalities and the resistance of students and youths against the upcoming elections [...]
| |Timely Report Documents the Transformation of Burma’s Military Regime’s Paramilitary Organization to Political Party
The Network for Democracy and Development (NDD) released a report today entitled, “Burma: A Violent Past to a Brutal Future; The Transformation of a Paramilitary Organization into a Political Party.” The report looks at the history of the junta-backed social organization, the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA), and its transformation to the political party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP).
The report’s release comes in the final week before the first elections in Burma in 20 years, polls that have been widely criticized as being not free or fair [...]
| |Week 19: 2010 Election Watch (13-19 July)
Developments
- The SPDC granted permission for the pro-junta Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) to dissolve. All USDA assets have been transferred to the Union Solidarity and Development Party, led by SPDC PM Thein Sein [...]
Burma: Military Party Guaranteed to Dominate Elections
Merger of Two Junta-Backed Groups Undercuts Genuine Participation
The merging of Burma’s largest government-controlled social welfare organization into the army’s recently formed political party is clear evidence that the planned 2010 elections will not be legitimate, Human Rights Watch said today [...]
| |Burma junta support group USDA disbands
A powerful mass movement that supports Burma’s ruling junta has disbanded and transferred its assets to a new political party, its spokesman has told the BBC’s Burmese service[...]
| |Regime Separates Assets of USDA and USDP
The office of the Burmese military regime’s auditor general is producing a list of properties owned by the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) to show whether they belong to the state or to the party formed by the association to run in this year’s election [...]
| |Week 17: 2010 Election Watch (29 June-5 July)
Developments
- The Difference and Peace Party said that it may decide not to compete in the elections because of the SPDC Censorship[...]
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