The Kayin People’s Party applies to register as a political party to contest in the upcoming Burmese election.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa tells his Burmese counterpart, Nyan Win, in Naypyidaw that Jakarta expects the regime to “uphold its commitment to have an election that allows all parties to take part.”

The Burmese regime's censorship board is forcing newspapers and other media to publish the official line on the NLD decision not to contest the election.

Since registering for the election on Monday, the pro-junta National Unity Party has vowed it will “serve the people” if elected.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa is expected to meet with Burmese generals, in what will be the junta’s first meeting with a top diplomat from Southeast Asia since its electoral laws were announced.

Leaders of Burma's National League for Democracy say that if Monday's decision not to participate in the planned general election results in the party being banned it will still survive as a political movement.

The Irrawaddy interviews ethnic leaders inside and outside Burma on the NLD's decision to stand down for the national election.

The UN and the US say that they respect the NLD decision not to register for the election.

The majority of people in Burma seem to welcome the NLD decision not to register as a political party and take part in this year's election, but they also say they will have fewer choices in the election.

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