The chair of the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party has said the party will renew efforts to unify Burma’s two most prominent ethnic Shan political parties, the other being the regionally dominant Shan Nationalities League for Democracy.
SNLD spokesperson Sai Lek speaks to DVB about his party’s plans and its relations with the soon-to-be-ruling NLD.
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Shan Nationalities League for Democracy chairman believes non-decision making role will hinder peace talks between the Burmese government and armed ethnic groups.
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Some 5,000 members of the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP), including 12 MPs, have defected to the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) since the beginning of this year.
A Union Election Commission member says Burma expects to hold a by-election in 2018, adding that the commission will plan the poll to fill the vacant seats if the chambers of the respective parliaments request that the UEC do so.
The Union Election Commission announces that a member of the Shan State legislature from the Union Solidarity and Development Party will be unseated, with the National League for Democracy runner-up in a by-election held earlier this year taking his place.
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The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), Burma’s main ethnic Shan political party, has strongly criticised the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) for what it says is the latter’s neglect of the concerns and political representatives of ethnic minorities.
The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and the Shan State Progressive Party (SSPP) must one day unite under the same banner, according to the leader of the former, who said that such a merger was ultimately necessary given Burma’s current political situation.
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The views of Shan people will not be adequately represented at the upcoming 21st Century Panglong Conference unless a national-level political dialogue is convened ahead of the summit, according to the Restoration Council of Shan State.
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The NLD won nine of 19 vacant seats at this weekend’s by-elections, largely failing to recreate the landslide victory it enjoyed at the polls in 2015.
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The National League for Democracy has won half of the seats it contested in Saturday’s by-election, but lost a contentious battle in Mon State and saw nine other seats go to competing political parties.
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With tens of thousands of voters expected to go to the polls for today’s by-election, the ruling National League for Democracy will get its clearest indication to date of how the Burmese people view the party’s first year in office.
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Locals say Mangpang Militia has threatened to murder residents and forced them to consent to a gold mining operation.
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The 11 were freed after each had vowed to have no affiliation with the Shan State Army- South.
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“The IDPs are being repatriated as calm gradually returns to the area,” a Shan MP tells DVB.
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Sai Thiha Kyaw discusses the SNLD’s expectations for the NLD government and parliament and development plans for Shan State.
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A Lashio election commission representative has denied claims that the vice-president won his Lower House seat fraudulently.
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“The upsurge of support for the NLD among the indigenous peoples is interesting, considering ethnic politics is concentrated largely in extra-parliamentary politics, that being the armed struggle.”
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At just after 6pm local time, the Union Election Commission released the sixteenth round of election results.
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This morning at 9am local time, Burma’s election commission announced another batch of election results, declaring 27 seats in the Lower House.
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At just 6pm local time, the UEC announced the winners of 67 Lower House seats.
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Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, the National League for Democracy, cannot now be beaten in the polls.
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The Union Election Commission Chairman Tin Aye has released the eleventh round of election results at just after midday local time.
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The Union Election Commission has released the tenth round of general election results.
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The Union Election Commission has released the seventh round of election results.
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The Union Election Commission has released the sixth round of election results.
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In the shadow of the huge rallies held by the NLD and USDP, smaller parties are making their case based on policy and experience.
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On DVB Debate’s National Election Debate, senior members from across the political spectrum met at the Inya Lake Hotel in Rangoon on 4 November to champion their policies ahead of the 8 November general election.
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Security concerns force a closure of polls as intense fighting continues between Burmese government forces and the Shan State Army-North.
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