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Political Parties Registration Law (2/2010)

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Political Parties Registration Law (2/2010)

A person who forms a political party must be a Burmese citizen, a foreign registration card holder, people who have been granted citizenship, or people who hold a temporary identity card. —Chapter II, Article 4 (M)


A political party will be disbanded if it can not contest an election in at least three constituencies. —Chapter III, Article 12 (A/1)


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People who hold foreign registration cards, people who have been granted citizenship, foreigners, or [Burmese] people who receive citizenship in a foreign country may not be elected. —Chapter V, Article 10 (M)

*English Translation by The Irrawaddy

 

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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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