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Burma Update: Election Laws and Forming the Union Election Commission

By Political Defiance Committee, National Council of the Union of Burma  •  March 11, 2010

An analysis of the Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law and the Amyotha Hluttaw Election Law, which stipulate that 25 percent of seats in each House of the government must be filled by members of the military.

The Update also lists the members of the Union Election Commission as the following:

1. U Thein Soe – Chairman
2. U In Zaw Naw
3. U Khin Maung Nu
4. U Soe Ba Hlaing
5. Dr. Ba Maung
6. U Nyunt Tin
7. U Maung Tha Hla
8. Dr. Sai Khum Hlaing
9. U Aung Myint
10. U Myint Naing
11. Dr. Tin Aung Aye
12. Dr. Daw Myint Kyi
13. Daw Khin Hla Myint
14. U Tha Oo
15. Dr. Maung Htoo
16. U Tha Htay
17. U Win Kyi

Download the full update.

Tags: Election Laws, National Council of the Union of Burma, Political Defiance Committee, Union Election Commission

This post is in: 2010 Elections

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