Myanmar’s “Covid election” has dominated the local psyche for more than a month now. The coronavirus crisis changed the nature of campaigning for the Nov 8 polls, severely affected the voting process and delayed the second stage of the government’s pandemic recovery plans. While everyone was preoccupied with the polls, the country was virtually on […]
USDP’s Call to Re-Run General Election Doesn’t Reflect Military View: Spokesman
November 17, 2020 by
Naypyitaw — Myanmar military or Tatmadaw spokesman Major General Zaw Min Tun has steered clear of the Union Solidarity and Development Party’s (USDP) call to re-run the Nov. 8 general election. The spokesman said the party’s call for re-running the election in coordination with the military does not reflect the Tatmadaw’s view. The USDP, which […]
UEC says Nov 8 election result is final
November 13, 2020 by
The Union Election Commission (UEC) will accept the results of the 2020 Myanmar election held on November 8 as final and there will not be an election re-run, said U Myint Naing from the UEC. “The recent election met five standards. Other big parties which contested in the election had already approved the result. We’ll […]
Myanmar regulatory body instructs micro lenders to relax loan collection
July 28, 2020 by
The Microfinance Businesses Supervisory Committee instructed microfinance institutions (MFI) in Myanmar to ease loan collections among those who are not able to repay during the pandemic, said U Set Aung, deputy minister of Planning, Finance and Industry. “The committee [Microfinance Businesses Supervisory Committee] will inspect whether the MFIs follow the orders and take action if […]
Myanmar attitudes to sex undressed in textbook row
July 13, 2020 by
YANGON: Unchaperoned teens, gay partners and sex workers – fictional characters in a new curriculum for Myanmar schools are causing a real-world tussle over morality in a deeply conservative nation. In Myanmar, sex out of wedlock is illegal, teenage dating is frowned upon by censorious elders and same-sex relations are still officially illegal. Yet sex […]
Myanmar to Punish Facebook Users for Posting Fake Govt Order
April 22, 2020 by
NAYPYITAW—The Myanmar government will take harsh legal action against the Facebook users who first posted a fake government order to detain those who disrupted the Facebook page of State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. According to the fake order, the State Counselor’s page had received disrespectful memes and messages. But government spokesman U Zaw […]
PACE Survey on Citizens’ Political Preferences for 2020
July 30, 2019 by
Executive Summary In March 2019, PACE conducted its fifth nationwide public opinion poll, Citizens’ Political Preferences for 2020, covering 511 wards/villages in 233 townships. A total of 511 enumerators con- ducted 2,978 face-to-face interviews, including 782 in states, 544 in Yangon city and 428 in Shan state. As the country is one and half years […]
USDP seeking to make comeback in 2020 elections
October 12, 2018 by
Leaders of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), which lost seats in the 2015 general election, say they are overhauling the party to regain their standing in 2020. The USDP was defeated by the National League for Democracy (NLD) led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and has been serving as the opposition and […]
Political make-up a bottleneck for Shan economy
October 24, 2017 by
The political make-up of the state’s executive and legislature results in a lot of time and energy spent on negotiations instead of implementing sweeping economic reforms in Shan, according to a local chamber of commerce. The state needs political stability and it needs to generate value-added agricultural products in order to grow its economy. Shan […]
