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Election 2020
As stay-at-home orders amid a rise in cases make traditional campaigning impossible, even top politicians like Daw Aung San Suu Kyi are going online to reach voters.
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Burma
The NLD has accused the Kayah parliament speaker of orchestrating ex-chief minister L Phaung Sho’s removal after being denied a chance to run in November’s election.
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Burma
Myanmar President U Win Myint dismissed the ruling party’s L Phaung Sho as Kayah State chief minister on Thursday following his impeachment in a funding scandal.
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Burma
Kayah State Chief Minister L. Phaung Sho of the NLD has become the first state leader to be constitutionally impeached after state MPs voted in support of his removal.
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Photo Essay
Yangon’s Shwegondine quarter, home to many fabric printing shops, is currently a sea of red—the ruling NLD’s color—as vendors churn out election-related merchandise.
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Election 2020
The Union Election Commission will soon announce which of the 7,000 potential candidates are qualified to run in the November election.
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Election 2020
In the former ruling and military proxy USDP’s candidate list, ministers from the previous government and ex-generals account for nearly 30 percent of the 1,129 hopefuls.
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Election 2020
The Union Election Commission says any attempt to get voters to boycott the general election is a violation of election law that carries possible jail time.
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Election 2020
The NLD said it would field candidates in all constituencies in Rakhine State in the upcoming election, after initially saying it would not run for all seats.
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Burma
The military detained a man in Mrauk-U, Rakhine State last Friday evening and on Monday gave his body over to local police without an explanation of the cause of death.
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Burma
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said the National Defense and Security Council must meet because it is “too dangerous for one person to be making decisions” for the country.
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Election 2020
Two ethnic Kayah parties say they won’t run candidates in the same elections to avoid splitting votes and also announced that nearly a third of their candidates are activists.
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Election 2020
Local election authorities in Pathein, Ayeyarwady Region warned all candidates against campaigning on Facebook before the start of the official campaign period.
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Burma
U Shwe Mann, founder of the Union Betterment Party and ex-chair of the military proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party, says he will not run in Myanmar’s election.
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Dateline
This week, The Irrawaddy talks with migrant advocates U Htoo Chit and U Aung Kyaw about whether Myanmar migrants abroad will actually be able to vote in November’s election.
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