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2 Rakhine minority parties to register with the Junta UEC



Narinjara News, 10 March 2023

Two minority political parties from Rakhine State namely Mro Ethnic Party and Khami National Development Party, have decided to register with the junta controlled UEC for participating in the elections.

Mro Ethnic Party secretary U Min Aung revealed that the reason behind registering as an ethnic political party is to get the right to speak out on national level about them.

"Being a minority group, we have little space to speak about our people. So we need a legal political party to highlight out our rights and challenges at the State level. Hence we have decided to register our party with the election commission," he added.

His party plans to register 24 members at the initial stage.

Currently, a few ethnic problems exist between Mro and Khmi minority group. The party was registered in order to prevent any major problems in the days to come.

With the fear of deregistration by the military council, Khami National Development Party may also proceed to do so.

Any party, which does not register itself with the election commission, would be dissolved under the new law enacted by the military council, informed MEP chairman U Sein Hla Kyaw.

"We do not want our party to be disbanded. After all, we need a valid political party to carry out our activities legally," he added.

Another minority Party, Kaman National Development Party (KNDP),   spokesperson U Kyaw Nyein stated that they are observing public opinions over the matter before taking the final decision.

“A decision concerned will be taken after some days. Now we are listening to the public voice,” he added.

Rakhine State’s powerful political entity, Arakan National Party (ANP) is also discussing about the registration. On the other hand, Dr Aye Maung led Aarakan Front Party (AFP) has already registered with the commission.

However, Arakan League for Democracy (ALD), which had won 11 seats in the 1990 elections from Rakhine State, has decided not to contest in the military controlled polls.

As of 8 March, 17 political parties have registered with the commission. Among them, 5 political parties plan to do activities nationwide, where 12 parties will organize programs regionally.

The new law says that if a political party does not proceed with the election commission by 60 days from 1 February, their registration will be automatically cancelled.

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