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Main Ethnic Parties Plan to Sit in New Parliament
Burma's two largest ethnic parties have said that they will claim their seats in Parliament when it is formed sometime next year, despite their allegations of cheating by the junta-backed party that has been declared the winner of the country's Nov. 7 election. Read more...USDP Wins 76.5 Percent of Vote
Burma's Union Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday announced the final results for the Nov. 7 general election, with the regime-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) winning 883 of the 1,154 parliamentary seats, or 76.5 percent, according to a Chinese newspaper.Ministers Seek Cooperation with Karen Party
Two Burmese government ministers have reportedly met in a Karen State monastery with the influential monk Ashin Pyinnyar Thar Mi and urged him to try and persuade the Phalon Sawaw Democratic Party (PSDP) to co-operate with the regime-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP).DPP Calls for Dissolution of USDP
The Democracy and Peace Party (DPP) says it has called on the Union Election Commission (EC) to dissolve the junta's Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and not to recognize its candidates who won seats in parliament.
ANALYSIS
USDP and NUP Square Up for 132 Seats
The junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) will be challenged by only the former ruling socialist party, the National Unity Party (NUP), for 132 seats in both houses of parliament in Sunday's general election. Read more...
CONSTITUTION
USDP Illegal under Constitution
When Burma's EC chief Thein Soe told a US delegation that the founding of the USDP was legal under Burmese law, he was lying. Read more...
INTERNATIONAL ANALYSIS ON ELECTION
International Analysis on Election
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INTERVIEW
Donor Dispute Shakes Six-party Alliance
A political donation by a businessman associated with the junta raises questions. The chairman of the party receiving the funds and the chairman of the party that resigned from the alliance talk to The Irrawaddy. Read more...
ELECTORAL LAWS
Top UN Briefing on Burma to Focus on Election Laws
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. Read more...
ON THE RECORD
Enlisting the Strength of Political Parties
Union Election Commission Directive No 2/2010
Enlisting the Strength of Political Parties
Section 5: Political parties that want to assemble and give speeches at designated [public] places shall apply to the election commission in the area one week in advance. Read more...
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 "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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