The Irrawaddy Burma Election 2010

NEWS

Will the BGF Deadline Delay the Election?

By SAW YAN NAING Tuesday, March 09, 2010
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Several deadlines for ethnic cease-fire groups to become border guard forces (BGF) under the military government have now passed. The latest deadline was Sunday.

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Regime Announces Election Law

By BA KAUNG Tuesday, March 09, 2010
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Burma's state-run TV announces that laws have been released regarding an election commission, the party registration process, and for members of parliament and regional legislatures.

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Kachin Political Party Becoming More Active

By SAW YAN NAING Thursday, February 11, 2010
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The former leader of the Kachin Independence Organization who formed the Kachin State Progressive Party invites students and women in Myitkyina to campaign for the party.

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Opposition Parties Face Election Uncertainty

By BA KAUNG Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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The junta is delaying announcement of the election law to handicap opposition parties and give more time to pro-junta parties
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Jailed 88 Generation Leaders Refuse to Compromise

By BA KAUNG Monday, February 01, 2010
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Burma's military authorities try unsuccessfully to pressure Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi into accepting the government's election process in return for their release.
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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

Poll

Will you vote or boycott the Nov. 7 election?
 

CARTOON

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Burma Population Data

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Elected Seats in Parliaments

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parties

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