Sai Aik Pao: “The more seats SNDP wins, the better off Shan people will be”
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In a translated Shan-language interview conducted on September 6 in Taunggyi, Chairman Sai Aik Pao describes SNDP as a “true” Shan party and reveals...
No clean sweep for ethnic parties: TNI paper
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Ethnic based parties are unlikely to sweep the 7 ethnic states, concludes Transnational Institute (TNI) briefing paper, entitled Ethnic Politics and the 2015 Elections...
“We need genuine competition and respect the public’s choice”
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In an interview with Myanmar Now, the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy chairman discusses the upcoming election, political cooperation and rivalry, and the ongoing...
Academic: Military pullout from politics when ‘hell freezes over’
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A Malaysian-based Burmese academic, speaking at the Chiangmai University’s Faculty of Social Sciences, on Wednesday (2 September), told his audience he didn’t think Burma’s...
KhunHtunOo: “We are not going to make a coalition with any party”
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As the November election nears, Shan State’s political parties explore and reject alliances. The leader of Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) announced that...
Ethnic summit reaffirms conciliatory all-inclusive signing
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The 4 day summit of the ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) in Chiangmai which ended yesterday had reaffirmed its stand on the principle of all-inclusiveness,...
RCSS vows not to support any parties
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The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) representatives meeting the people in more than half of the townships in Shan State told...
Naypyitaw urges Wa to sign NCA
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Government negotiator U Aung Min recently exhorted representatives from the United Wa State Party/Army (UWSP/UWSA) at a meeting held in Rangoon to sign the...
TNI: Kokang- why and how to resolve it
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The briefing paper, which is 22 pages plus 6 more pages of endnotes, released by Amsterdam-based Transnational Institute (TNI) last month, has given us...
Military wants NCA signed before 8 August
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Sources recently returning from Naypyitaw say generals who have been participating in the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) negotiations with the ethnic armed organizations (EAOs)...
