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Rohingya to Form Political Party, Contest Elections

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Burma's Rohingya community are reportedly forming a political party and intend to contest  the upcoming elections.

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Six Points in Aung San Suu Kyi's Analysis in Rejecting Party Registration

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Six Points in Aung San Suu Kyi's Analysis in Rejecting Party Registration:

1.    She doesn't accept the 2008 Constitution and upholds the  “Shwegondaing Declaration.” [The declaration, issued in April by the National League for Democracy, called for the release of all political prisoners, to hold a political dialogue, to review the Constitution and to recognize the result of the 1990 election.]
2.    She doesn't accept the junta's unjust and one-sided Political Party Registration Law, which is undemocratic.
3.    She said the NLD is neither her property nor anyone else's.
4.    She doesn't favor or accept any attempt to create factions within the party.
5.    She would like to say to the people that she is committed to democracy and will continue her struggle.
6.    She won't recognize that the NLD is abolished, even if it is dissolved by the military regime.

*English Translation by The Irrawaddy

 

Win Tin, a member of NLD Central Executive Committee

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“Because we refuse to bow to these unjust election 'laws,' our party will be abolished by the regime soon. Still, the NLD will not disappear. We will be among the people, with the people. We will continue to fight for democracy, human rights and equality among all ethnic nationalities, by peaceful means.”
Win Tin, a member of NLD Central Executive Committee
 

Than Shwe Tries to End Suu Kyi's Political Role

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When Suu Kyi is free, she probably will not have the NLD party as a platform to express her views, but the Burmese public and the international community will still look to her for leadership.

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United Support for Suu Kyi's Stand is Crucial

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On March 29, Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) colleagues will deliberate and decide on whether they will participate in the generals' "election."
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Quotable

Nyan_win80"Once her [Aung San Suu Kyi's] sentence expires in November, and that notion is not disputed, it is our understanding that she will have served her sentence."
—Nyan Win, the foreign minister of Burma

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