Myanmar’s NLD Rejects Military’s Call for Proportional Representation Election System
25 February 2021
A voter in the 2020 general election. / Hein Htet / The Irrawaddy
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By The Irrawaddy 4 March 2021
YANGON The National League for Democracy (NLD) and ethnic political parties that won seats in the 2020 general election said they are against the proportional representation (PR) system proposed by Myanmar’s military regime, which seized power in a coup last month.
Central Executive Committee member Daw Khin San Hlaing of the NLD, which won over 83 percent of votes in the Nov. 8 election, said: “People are not ready to exercise PR. As long as the military is in the Parliament and the Constitution remains unchanged, we don’t support switching to PR.”
Parties Call on Myanmar Military to Accept Election Results
Voting during the Nov. 8 general election. / Hein Htet / The Irrawaddy
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By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint 3 February 2021
Yangon Political parties say they want Myanmar’s military not to hold a new election but to accept the result of the 2020 general election.
After seizing power in a coup on Monday on the pretext of electoral fraud in the November election that brought a landslide victory to the National League for Democracy (NLD), the Tatmadaw (military) declared a state of emergency for a year followed by a new election with the military handing power to the winner.
The KySDP negotiating committee spokesman Theh Reh told Mizzima that a meeting between the Kayah State Democratic Party (KySDP) and the National League for Democracy (NLD), had failed due to a disagreement over the venue.
Another Meeting Between Myanmar’s NLD, Ethnic Party Collapses Over Venue Dispute
KySDP supporters stage a rally in Loikaw prior to the Nov. 8 election. / KySDP / Facebook
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By San Yamin Aung 12 January 2021
YANGON For the second time this month, a scheduled meeting between the National League for Democracy (NLD) and representatives of an ethnic political party to discuss plans for a federal union has fallen through due to a disagreement over the venue. This time the aborted meeting had been planned between the ruling party and the Kayah State Democratic Party (KySDP).
Since its landslide victory in November’s general election, the NLD has been sending a delegation to ethnic states to hold talks on forming a national unity government with ethnic political parties as a step towards establishing a federal union.