Irrawaddy: Parties to register for election: junta – Wai Moe

Filed under: News, Inside Burma Burma’s military junta will make an announcement in the coming months that all political parties must register in advance of the 2010 election, sources told The Irrawaddy. Sources close to ethnic armed groups—which have maintained a ceasefire with the ruling junta since the 1990s—said that military officials told ceasefire groups to organize their political parties in preparation for the junta announcing party registration. Burmese military officials reportedly also told the ceasefire groups that several high-ranking military generals would run in the election in 2010. The Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA), backed by the ruling military regime, had reviewed its membership list in preparation for the forthcoming election after the regime announced that more than 90 percent of... [read full story]