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A spokesman for the military council, General Zaw Min Tun, told a news conference in Naypyidaw today that the military council was trying to hold elections scheduled for 2023 across the country.
“We will hold elections where we can. If we do not do where we can not, the essence of democracy and elections will be undermined. Therefore, the government is working to ensure that the next election is held in a non-partisan manner.”
General Zaw Min Tun, the military spokesperson
“We will hold elections where we can. If we do not do where we can not, the essence of democracy and elections will be undermined. Therefore, the government is working to ensure that the next election is held in a non-partisan manner.”
There have been three general elections since 2010. Of the 330 townships in Burma, 325 were in the 2010 election. In the 2015 election, 323 townships; He said 315 townships were elected in the 2020 election.
Zaw Min Tun said that since 2010, the number of townships has been gradually reduced, and since the 2008 constitution states that the state has a genuine and disciplined multi-party system, multi-party democracy must be practiced everywhere in the country.
Gen Zaw Min Tun said the basic requirement for such a practice would be to hold free and fair elections throughout the country, which would be called a “general election.”
Khin Maung Oo, a member of the Election Commission, said that in the next election, the Pyithu Hluttaw will have a system of proportional representation (PR); He told a news conference in Naypyidaw today that the National Parliament could be replaced by a winner-take-all system (FPTP).
The Union Election Commission-appointed Union Election Commission (UEC) and 59 of the more than 90 official political parties met in Naypyidaw for the first time in May last year to negotiate a PR election.
In November, a second round of talks was held in Naypyidaw with 53 political parties, and in December, a third round of talks with 62 political parties was held in Rangoon.
A member of the NLD Central Committee told RFA that the current provisions of the 2008 constitution state of emergency do not allow the Commander-in-Chief to conduct elections or reorganize the election commission.
Despite the military council’s call for elections, observers say it is difficult to hold elections because of the ongoing armed conflict across the country.
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