Civil servants who have to cast advance votes dared not vote for the party they liked because advance voting was not secret, a government employee in Reedkhordar new settlement, Phalam Township, said. (Khonumthung 011110)
With the Election Day drawing near, authorities imposed Martial Law and curfew in Loikaw, Karenni State, beginning from November 1, Loikaw residents reported. (Kantarawaddy Times 011110)
The military regime has tightened news censorship and passed new regulations to deal with domestic and foreign journalists regarding collection of election news. (BBC 011110)
As election came closer security was tightened with riot police deployed around Shwedagon Pagoda, Sule Pagoda, Kyauktada Township, Rangoon General Hospital, Myenigone and Lanmadaw in Rangoon. In addition armed soldiers and military patrol cars were making rounds and conducting checks, a Rangoon resident said. (VOA 251010)
In the lead up to the 2010 election, Burma's first elections in the past twenty years, the Union Solidarity and Development party(USDP)has leveraged its state-backed authority and financial capital to intimidate, bribe, and manipulate millions of voters in Burma. Borne from the violent military-led social organization, the Unon Solidarity and Development Association (USDA), the USDP is poised to serve as the new civilian face on the regime's efforts to consolidate and legalize military rule through the election.
Some soldiers from Burma Armys Light Infantry Battalion LIB 268 in Falam, Northern Chin State, secretly urged Chin people not to vote for the Union and Solidarity and Development Party in the upcoming elections.
Out of the 45 political parties to contest in the elections, the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is the only party financially secured. USDP uses that advantage in organizing and persuading people by using many unscrupulous ways such as loaning money, threatening, and putting people underpressure to join and vote for it. (DVB 240710)
-Rangoon Municipality Committee banned collecting donations from markets in Rangoon municipality area due to a case in which 88 Generation Student Youths (Union of Myanmar) and Union of Myanmar Federation of National Politics had collected donations from a market in North Okkalapa Township, Rangoon Division in the beginning of this month. (Mizzima 120710)
-According to a resident, traffic policemen from Naypyidaw came to Mongton, eastern Shan State, fined
motorcyclists without licenses, and provided licenses with costly charges to raise funds for the elections.
10 traffic policemen from Naypyidaw arrived in Mongton on 30 June and ordered local traffic police to
arrest motorcyclists without licenses. (S.H.A.N 060710)
The Network for Democracy and Development (NDD), a Burmese political organization based on the Thai-Burma border, is researching and distributing weekly reports summarizing political events in Burma regarding the SPDC’s Elections. These reports include information on the activities of the SPDC and USDA, opposition groups, armed ethnic groups, cease-fire groups, border guard forces, international governments and non-governmental organizations, and civilians inside Burma.
The Network for Democracy and Development (NDD), a Burmese political organization based on the Thai-Burma border, is researching and distributing weekly reports summarizing political events in Burma regarding the SPDC’s Elections. These reports include information on the activities of the SPDC and USDA, opposition groups, armed ethnic groups, cease-fire groups, border guard forces, international governments and non-governmental organizations, and civilians inside Burma.
The Network for Democracy and Development (NDD), a Burmese political organization based on the Thai-Burma border, is researching and distributing weekly reports summarizing political events in Burma regarding the SPDC’s Elections. These reports include information on the activities of the SPDC and USDA, opposition groups, armed ethnic groups, cease-fire groups, border guard forces, international governments and non-governmental organizations, and civilians inside Burma.
The Network for Democracy and Development (NDD), a Burmese political organization based on the Thai-Burma border, is researching and distributing weekly reports summarizing political events in Burma regarding the SPDC’s Elections. These reports include information on the activities of the SPDC and USDA, opposition groups, armed ethnic groups, cease-fire groups, border guard forces, international governments and non-governmental organizations, and civilians inside Burma.
The Network for Democracy and Development (NDD), a Burmese political organization based on the Thai-Burma border, is researching and distributing weekly reports summarizing political events in Burma regarding the SPDC’s Elections. These reports include information on the activities of the SPDC and USDA, opposition groups, armed ethnic groups, cease-fire groups, border guard forces, international governments and non-governmental organizations, and civilians inside Burma.
The Network for Democracy and Development (NDD), a Burmese political organization based on the Thai-Burma border, is researching and distributing weekly reports summarizing political events in Burma regarding the SPDC’s Elections. These reports include information on the activities of the SPDC and USDA, opposition groups, armed ethnic groups, cease-fire groups, border guard forces, international governments and non-governmental organizations, and civilians inside Burma.
The Network for Democracy and Development (NDD), a Burmese political organization based on the Thai-Burma border, is researching and distributing weekly reports summarizing political events in Burma regarding the SPDC’s Elections. These reports include information on the activities of the SPDC and USDA, opposition groups, armed ethnic groups, cease-fire groups, border guard forces, international governments and non-governmental organizations, and civilians inside Burma.