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
The National League for Democracy is crying foul amid reports that the ruling party is using bribes and slander to attract voters
Former military doctor Soe Min targeting healthcare as he embarks on a testing campaign trail again Burma’s opposition icon
Seven MPs from ruling party have hand in Shan state’s lucrative heroin and methamphetamine industry, new report claims
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
Arakan party complains of ‘conspiracy’ after election commission, chaired by former USDP member dismisses MP for ‘defamation’
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
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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Arakanese party representatives disqualified by UEC for attacking previous military junta and USDP in election campaigns last year
EU sanctions on Burma have had little effect, but instead of strengthening them, they are benig drastically weakened
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
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[…]
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
Former KIO vice president Dr Tu Ja marks a break with his past after submitting application for a role in the new Burmese government
Two members of election-winning party suspected to be born of Chinese fathers, thereby disqualifying them from Burma’s parliament
Parliaments will be convened with representatives elected in the 7 November election before the end of January, said an elected USDP rep
The much anticipated date for the first election since 1990 has been announced, later than expected, it is however not lacking in numerological significance
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
The military government’s proxy political party the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) are encouraging people to become members by blackmail and enticements
Burmese prime minister Thein Sein’s party allegedly coercring people to join as campaigning for the elections gets underway across the country