Burma’s elections are likely to worsen the plight of the oppressed Rohingya Muslim community, with the ANP Buddhist party gaining power in Arakan State.
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Arakan National Party members compete for candidacy
Party members vying to stand for the party are subject to voting in a new, democratic internal system.
Rakhine crisis a ‘challenge to national sovereignty and dignity,’ says NLD
The National League for Democracy addressed the crisis in Rakhine State in a statement marking Independence Day on Thursday, with the party describing the situation in the country’s west as a “challenge to national sovereignty and dignity.”
Another member of ANP leadership quits party
Kyaw Zaw Oo, a member of the Arakan National Party’s Central Executive Committee, has become the latest politician to the defect from the increasingly enfeebled ethnic Rakhine political party, which saw its chairman resign last week.
ANP leadership will meet to discuss resignation of party chair Aye Maung
The Arakan National Party will hold a meeting of members of its Central Executive Committee to discuss the resignation letter submitted by its chairman, Aye Maung, who officially signalled his intention to leave the party earlier this week.
ANP upheaval reaches new heights as party chair Aye Maung resigns
In a development certain to shake up the political arena in Rakhine State and beyond, the leader of the Arakan National Party has submitted a letter of resignation, throwing one of Burma’s most prominent ethnic political parties into further disarray.