Ruling party targets NLD with slander, bribes
The National League for Democracy is crying foul amid reports that the ruling party is using bribes and slander to attract voters
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No fanfare, but quiet confidence from Suu Kyi’s rival
Former military doctor Soe Min targeting healthcare as he embarks on a testing campaign trail again Burma’s opposition icon
Burma MPs complicit in drug trade: report
Seven MPs from ruling party have hand in Shan state’s lucrative heroin and methamphetamine industry, new report claims
NUP to contest looming by-election
Once powerful National Unity Party to field 20 candidates in looming vote as it looks to build on its presence in the USDP-dominated parliament
RNDP allege ‘conspiracy’ after MP’s dismissal
Arakan party complains of ‘conspiracy’ after election commission, chaired by former USDP member dismisses MP for ‘defamation’
Ex-Rangoon mayor offers help to farmers
Aung Thein Lin, former Mayor of Rangoon told farmers he would help them in land confiscation case with a big hotel group reportedly attempting to seize 200 acres
Govt reaffirms policy of racial profiling
Immigration minister Khin Yi defends govt policy of making Muslims apply to the military to move between towns, as a Muslim NLD member is sentenced to one and a half years under the immigration act
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Rakhine MPs disqualified by ruling
Arakanese party representatives disqualified by UEC for attacking previous military junta and USDP in election campaigns last year
EU sanctions exist in name, not effect
EU sanctions on Burma have had little effect, but instead of strengthening them, they are benig drastically weakened
New govt urged to keep promises
Group of Democratic Party Friends urges the new government led by president Thein Sein to immediately start implementing the objectives made in his inauguration speeches
Power plays
Resplendent in golden robes and projecting an image of royalty, Burma’s new leaders officially took their seats last week. President Thein Sein was joined by his two deputies, Tin Aung[…]
Life behind parliament’s stonewalls
Contrary to media reports of a ’15-minute parliament’ where debate is stifled and MPs ignored, an openess is emerging that we haven’t seen for decades
Ex-Kachin army man eyes USDP
Former KIO vice president Dr Tu Ja marks a break with his past after submitting application for a role in the new Burmese government
USDP ‘foreigners’ resign their seats
Two members of election-winning party suspected to be born of Chinese fathers, thereby disqualifying them from Burma’s parliament
Burma’s new parliaments will convene in January: USDP MP-elect
Parliaments will be convened with representatives elected in the 7 November election before the end of January, said an elected USDP rep
Election date announced
The much anticipated date for the first election since 1990 has been announced, later than expected, it is however not lacking in numerological significance
Election Commission ‘designates’ constituencies
Government mouth-piece announces that the Election Commission has designated constituencies for this year’s elections, as the bumpy road to the elections moves slowly forward
USDP ‘blackmailing’ their way to electoral success
The military government’s proxy political party the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) are encouraging people to become members by blackmail and enticements
USDP begins election campaign
Burmese prime minister Thein Sein’s party allegedly coercring people to join as campaigning for the elections gets underway across the country
