The All Arakan Students’ & Youths’ Congress (AASYC) is carrying out a campaign in Sittwe township Rakhine State, to distribute information encouraging people to oppose the Military Council -organized elections. Starting on March 31st, AASYC has been sending anti-election SMS messages to people in Rakhine via mobile phones. Since April 2nd, they have been pasting anti- election
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