Regime Preparations

The military regime is taking several actions to prepare the country for civilian rule after the November Elections; this includes securing their position in the government and economy. Several high ranking junta officials have officially retired from the army to compete in elections as civilian candidates of the military's proxy party, the USDP (Union Solidarity Development Party).

CIVILIANISATION OF THE REGIME

2010.10.27	USDP leader Htay Oo said Snr-Gen Than Shwe and his deputy Vice Snr-Gen Maung Aye may not be in Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) post-election list of presidential nominees since they are not members of the party
2010.08.30	Dr. Sai Kham Leng one of the 17 appointed members of Burma's Union Election Commission (UEC) has reportedly resigned from his position recently and is planning to contest the elections for the military regime backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP)
2010.08.27	Leading members of the junta-controlled Myanmar Writers and Journalists Association (MWJA) have resigned from their posts to run as candidates in the general election on Nov. 7
2010.08.27	A Burmese junta's top four ranking generals including Snr-Gen Than Shwe, Gen Maung Aye, Shwe Mann and Lt-Gen Tin Aung Myint Oo, along with 4 other top military officers have resigned from their military posts.
2010.08.24	Several high-ranking senior officers have reportedly resigned to join the junta's proxy political party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP).
2010.08.20	The Burmese junta is to undertake a huge military reshuffle next week, after which 10 officers at the rank of lieutenant general ranks are to retire to participate in the recently announced general elections
2010.08.13-16	Burmese Snr-Gen Than Shwe attended an “election victory campaign” meeting held by the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) according to sources in Naypyidaw. The meeting, which is being attended by USDP candidates including ministers, deputy ministers, director generals of government departments and businessmen close to the regime, included assigning constituencies for party candidates and appointing election campaign managers.
2010.04.29	Burmese state television reported the Union Solidarity and Development Party applied with the Election Commission. It said party leader Thein Sein applied with 26 other members.
2010.04.28	Burmese official media confirmed that Prime Minister General Thein Sein has quit the military post of general, while retaining his government post as prime minister.
2010.04.27	A government official says that at least 20 ministers in Burma's ruling junta will resign from the military this week to become civilian politicians ahead of this year's election. They are expected to form a new pro-junta political party headed by Burma's Prime Minster Gen Thein Sein to contest the general election
2010.03.30	The USDA has been converted into a party and all government staff and students and youths under 25 years of age have been expelled from the organization. The rest are being issued party membership cards
2009.11	SPDC Chairman Senior-General Than Shwe has given orders for Burma’s Police Chief, Brig-Gen. Khin Yi to step down from his post and to run as a candidate from Myaung- mya Township in Irrawaddy Division in the upcoming 2010 elections
2009.11	List of SPDC Election Candidates speculated
2009.02.05	Maj-Gen Maung Oo, Minister for Home Affairs was appointed to co-head the Ministry of Immigration & Population, which was earlier headed by Maj-Gen Saw Lwin. Similarly, Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint, Minister for Electric Power No 2 will also head the Ministry of Construction, which was earlier headed by Maj-Gen Saw Tun.

OTHER REGIME & GOVERNMENT CHANGES
IN PREPARATION FOR ELECTIONS

Date	Type	Group	Details of the event
2010.10.21	Government	SPDC	Junta raises the new national flag throughout the country
2010.10.02	Government	SPDC	The Chin State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) office will be used as the State Assembly office in Hakha from October 2
2010.09.29	Economic	SPDC	Former Coastal Region Command chief Khin Zaw Oo has been appointed to head the Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited (UMEHL), one of the top two military-controlled conglomerates.
2010.09.20	Government		A government housing scheme in Naypyidaw has been extended to accommodate nearly 30,000 more civil servants, and their families, who have been told to relocate from Rangoon to Naypyidaw by April at the latest.
2010.09.16	Economic	Finance Ministry	Burma is expanding the number of private banks ahead of November elections, a step that looks set to strengthen the hand of businessmen with close ties to the ruling generals.
2010.09.13	Media	SPDC	Daily newspapers run by different ministries in Burma will likely be published in the aftermath of the 2010 election in the country,
2010.09.06	Economic	CSO	Myanmar has absorbed 15.84 billion U.S. dollars' huge contracted foreign investment in the first four months of the fiscal year of 2010-11, registering the highest annually throughout Myanmar's foreign investment over the past 22 years, according to the latest release of the Central Statistical Organization.
2010.08.26	IT	IT	The Burmese regime plans to launch the country's first ever national web portal called “Yatanarpon News” in September, two months ahead of the election
2010.08.25	Economic	SPDC	Professor Sean Turnell of Sydney’s Macquarie University said the officials were looking to guarantee their families’ futures by stashing funds in offshore banks
2010.08.16	Government	SPDC	Construction of buildings to be used by the future civilian government in Naypyidaw must be completed during the run-up to the coming election, Burmese junta chief Snr-Gen Than Shwe reportedly said at a special meeting of the Special Projects Implementation Committee
2010.07.14	Economic	Ministry of National Planning and Development	A statistical report from the country's Ministry of National Planning and Development said that foreign investment in the 12 months through March 2010 fell 68% to $315 million from $985 million the previous year.
2010.07.14	Economic	Ministry of National Planning and Development	A statistical report from the country's Ministry of National Planning and Development said that foreign investment in the 12 months through March 2010 fell 68% to $315 million from $985 million the previous year.
2010.07.05	Economic	UMEHL	The Burmese armed forces' key business enterprise, the Union of Myanmar Economic Holding Ltd (UMEHL), took over the Bo Aung Kyaw Jetty, a major port facility in Rangoon
2010.07.05	Economic	UMEHL	The Burmese armed forces' key business enterprise, the Union of Myanmar Economic Holding Ltd (UMEHL), took over the Bo Aung Kyaw Jetty, a major port facility in Rangoon
2010.06.28	Economic	Bankers circle	Four new Burmese private banks will open in the new capital of Nay Pyi Taw next month for business operation, the bankers circle said
2010.06.25	Economic	Multilateral	Burmese engineers are projected to build a 10,000-ton ocean liner at Ahlone shipyard in Rangoon in cooperation with ASEAN member countries, China, Japan and South Korea, the local weekly Yangon Times reported
2010.06.23	Economic		China North Industries Corp., a Beijing-based engineering and defense company, signed a copper mining contract in Burma that it said will strengthen China’s strategic reserves of the metal.
2010.06.22	Economic	Central Bank of Myanmar	Banking online smart cards for the Myanmar Economic Bank (MEB) and soon-to-be-opened private banks are now available for the first time in Burma, according to the Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM).
2010.06.15	Military	Army	The Burmese air force buys 50 K-8 jet trainer aircraft from China, according to sources within the air force in Meikhtila. Tay Za, Burma’s richest business tycoon and close ally of Senior General Than Shwe, went to China early this month to broker a deal
2010.06.14	Economic	SPDC	Burma’s ruling military junta has issued petrol-station permits to the sons of Senior General Than Shwe and General Thura Shwe Mann, and junta cronies, according to an Energy Ministry report.
2010.06.13	Economic	Central Bank	The Central bank said that Burma has designated proceeds in foreign exchange earned through domestic service business as legal export earning which is transferable for use in import
2010.06.12	Government	Ministry of Energy	The Ministry of Energy ordered petrol stations to limit sales to no more than 12 gallons (45 litres) of fuel per car per day from June 12 onwards.
2010.06.11	Economic	Central Statistical Organization	Burma attracted 237 million U.S. dollars' foreign investment in the first two months of this calendar year, according to the Central Statistical Organization
2010.06.10	Economic	Ministry of Energy	Government privatises retail oil sector
2010.05.29	Economic	SPDC	The Burmese junta has granted licenses to establish private banks to four businessmen who are close to the ruling generals. These are are Tay Za (Htoo Co., Ltd.), Zaw Zaw (Max Myanmar Co., Ltd.), Nay Aung (IGE Co., Ltd.) and Chit Khaing (Eden Group Co., Ltd).
2010.05.20	Economic	MOE	The Ministry of Energy (MOE) said the regime will hand over fuel stations to the USDA, the army-owned Myanmar Economic Holdings Company Ltd. (MEHC) and 18 other privately owned companies.
2010.05.17	Economic	SPDC	Burmese authorities are considering to grant permission to four giant private entrepreneurs to open private banks in the country
2010.04.26	Media	War Office	The War Office in Napyidaw has issued a directive for state-controlled media not to describe the Burmese government as a “Tatmadaw government”
2010.04.02	Economic	Myanmar Economic Bank	The state-owned Myanmar Economic Bank (MEB) started launching a quick-cash online banking services to facilitate customers in exchanging cash with the use of smart card
2010.04.01	Media	MRTV	Burmese Ministry of Information gave Myanmar Radio and Television-3 (MRTV-3) a makeover and re-launched it as the Myanmar International TV channel.
2010.03.13	Military	SPDC	Burma's ruling junta has finished construction work on three nuclear reactors in the country's north and will soon be ready to put them into operation, according to military sources at the elite Defense Services Academy (DSA) in Maymyo, Mandalay Division.
2010.03.08	Economic	SPDC	Burma's military government has quietly begun what diplomats and businessmen say is the largest sell-off of state assets in the country's history, including more than 100 government buildings, port facilities and a large stake in the national airline. The country's Privatisation Commission recently produced a list of 176 assets in Yangon, to be auctioned off sometime over the next few weeks.
2010.03.08	IT	SPDC	Burmese software companies are striving for introducing e-government system at all ministry offices and so far the implementation of such system has been in progress with 9 ministries out of the total 32, sources with the Myanmar Computer Association said
2009.03.31	Government	UMFCCI	Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) changed its governing regulations at a meeting in Naypyidaw to allow members to take part in politics.

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