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7 Things to Know about Burma’s Upcoming Elections
Early next month Burma goes to the polls for what are shaping up to be its freest general elections for 25 years. The National League for Democracy (NLD) party of former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi, is poised to win a sizeable chunk of the 664 legislative seats. That would be a watershed moment for the former pariah nation, which has opened up politically and economically since democratic reforms were introduced three years ago. Read more: |
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Interior Minister Sar Kheng and opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Thursday led their parties in talks at the National Assembly over proposed changes to the parliament’s internal rules, with both sides declining to reveal the details of what was discussed
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The ruling Liberal Party on Wednesday, September 30, officially nominated Manuel Roxas II as its standard-bearer for the 2016 national elections. |
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The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP Taiwan) celebrated its 29th anniversary on September 22nd with a diplomatic reception at the Far Eastern Hotel in Taipei. |
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If the 2015 general elections are not free and fair, the opposition National League for Democracy will not keep silent, said NLD chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi. Read more: |
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Cambodian authorities are refusing to allow doctors from the human rights group Licadho to visit a jailed opposition lawmaker held at Prey Sar prison in the capital Phnom Penh, claiming the facility already provides adequate care, sources said.
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Announcements:On 6-10 November 2015, the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD) will be having its Mongolia Conference on Sustainable Development Goals and Executive Committee Meeting with the theme, “Realising the Sustainable Development Goals; Shaping the Post-2015 Development Agenda – The Role of Liberals”. A CALD Women’s Caucus Seminar with the theme, “Women Leadership 20 Years After the Beijing Platform of Action”, will also take place.
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New DILG Chief takes oath before PNoy Mar-Leni Tandem Almost Sealed TAIWAN THAILAND |
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