UEC Examines Parties’ Activities: UEC Chairman met officials from political parties

Union Election Commission Chairman U Thein Soe met the chairperson and members of Federal Democratic Party based in Bago Region, People’s Workers Party, Myanmar Farmers’ Development Party, ShanNationalities Democratic Party (White Tiger party), Democratic Party and New National Democracy Party based in Yangon Region and Kayin People’s Party (KPP) based in Ayeyawady Region at the Pearl Hall of Hluttaw Building in Yangon in the morning on 20th July.

During the meeting, the UEC Chairman emphasized that the political parties which have already received the right to register, need to reach 1,000 party members within 90 days from the date of allowing the registration of political parties under the laws and regulations.

He stated that party offices should be opened in at least five townships in the state within 180 days, and party flags and the logo should be properly implemented following the requirements. He also ordered that the party's financial rules and regulations be developed following the instructions and that party officials communicate with the relevant departments of Immigration and Population so that the trifold national identification cards held by the party members can be replaced with citizenship verification cards.

He stressed that representatives of the respective parties must be elected in the elections to be held with the proportional representation system, and they should work hard to get the right to participate in the state legislative and administrative sectors and status of preparations for Electronic Voting Machine for the upcoming election. After that, party officials re-explained the working conditions of the party.