Mro Ethnic Party in Rakhine State has applied for registration as a new political party under Union Election Commission (UEC) of Myanmar. The military regime-run newspaper Myanmar Light reported that the Mro ethnic party has recently applied for registration. Mro Ethnic Party chairman U Aye Tun informed Narinjara News that they took the decision to represent the Mro people and
Early this month, news broke about plans of Myanmar's military regime to start repatriating some 1,000 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar's Rakhine State. Myanmar's generals are in a hurry. Reportedly, they want to start repatriation by mid-next month, during Ramadan. The choice of that date is no coincidence.
According to the Myanmar Alin newspaper owned by the Military Council, the Arakan National Party (ANP), which won the majority of parliamentarians in Rakhine state in the previous elections, has applied for registration on March 20.
Four political parties in Arakan State have registered with the junta-appointed Union Election Commission (UEC) for the regime-organised elections slated for later this year. The Arakan National Party (ANP), Arakan Front Party (AFP), Rakhine State National Unity Party (RSUNP) and Khami National Development Party have registered with the junta’s election body in order to
Parties that have registered under new law all show close links with the military regime, while pro-democracy outfits like the NLD are shunning the planned poll.