THE Myanmar JUNTA-APPOINTED UNION ELECTION COMMISSION (UEC) HAS ORGANIZED OR ENGAGED IN VARIOUS SHAM ELECTION-RELATED ACTIVITIES, WHICH WE MONITOR AND UPDATE ON THIS BLOG Monthly.
We source the data from the News section of the UEC website. The following chart shows UEC activities from 1 to 31 August, 2024.
UEC accelerated sham election-related activities this month. Most noteworthy activities include:
- UEC rejected the applications of the New Society Party and Zomi Congress for Democracy Party to register as political parties, based on Article 6 of the Political Party Registration Law.
- UEC approved the applications of Unity and Development Party and Socioeconomic Development Party (unofficial translation) to establish as political parties. They became the 13th and 14th newly established parties.
- UEC approved the application of Kachin State People's Party to register as a political party. KSPP is a merger of the Kachin State Democracy Party (KSDP) with the Unity and Democracy Party of Kachin State and the Kachin Democratic Party in June 2019. It won 1 seat in Pyithu Hluttaw and 3 seats in State Hluttaw in both 2015 (as KSDP) and 2020 elections respectively.
- UEC Chair U Ko Ko met the Ambassador of Thailand to Myanmar on August 6 and discussed matters related to cooperation between the two countries for the junta's electoral exercise.
- On August 24, UEC Chair U Ko Ko met representatives from registered political parties and briefed UEC's previous and ongoing activities.
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