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Top UN Briefing on Burma to Focus on Election Laws

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Ban Ki-moon invites his “Group of Friends  on Myanmar” and representatives of Security Council countries to a meeting on Thursday to discuss the Burmese regime's election plans.

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A Lack of Independence, Impartiality

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With wide-ranging authority and discretionary power, the Election Commission could directly affect the election outcome, because of the commission members' allegiance to the regime.
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Party Registration Regulations Favor Wealthy

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Burma's Union Election Commission publishes the technical regulations for the registration of political parties, which favors elite candidates.

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Election Law Ensures No Credibility

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Credibility and inclusiveness—two key benchmarks set by the international community—have both failed even before the Burmese election begins.
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Burma’s Election: Credibility at Stake

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If the junta fails to conduct a transparent and fair election in three key areas, the upcoming election will lack credibility in the eyes of the people and the international community.

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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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