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2008 Constitution
Article 26/a: Civil Services personnel shall be free from party politics.

Article 121: The following persons shall not be entitled to be elected as the Pyithu Hluttaw
representatives:

(j) Civil Services personnel

Proviso: The expression shall not be applied to Civil Services personnel including the Defense Services personnel selected and appointed in the Hluttaws and organizations formed under the Constitution.


Political Parties Registration Law
Article 4: The people who want to found a party must conform with the following:

(d)Not being Civil Services personnel

 

*English Translation by The Irrawaddy

 

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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Will you vote or boycott the Nov. 7 election?
 

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