Aung San Suu Kyi's statement
Although the opposition leader has not explicitly told people to boycott elections, she is encouraging people to follow her example.
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2010.10.13
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Aung San Suu Kyi's lawyer, Nyan Win, said that although her name is on a voters' list, she will not take part in a poll organised by the military.
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2010.08.25
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Aung San Suu Kyi is urging her supporters to monitor the country's November 7 election and report any irregularities.
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2010.06.11
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Aung San Suu Kyi told her lawyer Burmese people have the right not to vote in the upcoming election
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2010.02.10
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Aung San Suu Kyi declared that a decision on contesting the general election in Burma cannot be taken till the electoral process is publicized, and that the military-run country's upcoming elections cannot be credible unless the government allows freedom of information.
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NLD campaign tours
After officially disbanding on May 6th, the leading opposition party remains active in social activities as well as campaigns around the country to encourage a boycott of upcoming elections.
| 2010.10.15 |
NLD central executive committee member Ohn Kyaing tand several other senior party members visited the state capital of Myitkyina with ethnic Arakanese politician Aye Thar Aung to brief NLD members on the party's stand on the Nov. 7 election and lobby a boycott.
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2010.10.12
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The NLD party left Rangoon for Kachin State on week-long roadshow trip organisational trip accompanied by Arakan League for Democracy (ALD) party leader and Committee Representing the People’s Parliament (CRPP) secretary Aye Thar Aung. They briefed NLD township, ward and village level organising committee members from 11 townships in Mandalay Division.
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2010.09.20
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Members of the disbanded NLD continued their election boycott activities despite the regime's threat of jail sentences by continuing their campaign tour.
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2010.09.13
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NLD said sympathetic residents from Mandalay Division and Shan State have agreed to boycott the junta’s forthcoming election, in line with with the party.
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2010.09.09-14
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The NLD central executive committee member Ohn Kyaing and colleagues met grass-roots members from 25 townships in Mandalay Division and six townships in Shan State. They announced that sympathetic residents from Mandalay Division and Shan State have agreed to boycott the junta’s forthcoming election, in line with central National League for Democracy party policy. They party leaders also traveled to Sagaing and Shwebo in Sagaing Division to meet party members from nearby townships
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2010.09.07
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The National League for Democracy will start trips to pass on Aung San Suu Kyi’s messages to minorities in regions controlled by ethnic ceasefire groups and seek an alliance. It is the second step of the Party's current political plan.
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2010.09.02
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Many Irrawaddy residents and party members have agreed to boycott Burma’s first elections in 20 years on November 7, according to National League for Democracy party vice-chairman Tin Oo.
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2010.08.18
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NLD senior members are touring southern Burma and conducting voter education campaigns.
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International Campaigns:
2009.2.20
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UNA
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The United Nationalities Alliance (UNA) said that they were opposed to the Burmese military junta's proposed general elections scheduled to be held in 2010. UNA supported the NLD statement, which also demanded the review of the 2008 constitution
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2009.2.02
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UNA
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The United Nationalities Alliance (UNA), based in Burma, submitted a letter to Gambari suggesting that he broker talks between the regime, the political opposition led by Suu Kyi and leaders of ethnic minorities.
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Anti-election campaigns inside Burma
Despite tight security controls, a few activists are conducting anti-election campaigns inside the country
Mar 2010: Activists In Rangoon distributed these pamphlets denouncing the 2008 Constitution and 2010 electoral laws of the Burmese regime.
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AKSYU |
The exiled All Kachin Students Youth Union released an album of songs protesting against the 2010 general election in Kachin State |
| 2010.10.26 |
NLD
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Young members of disbanded National League for Democracy (NLD) distributed election boycott leaflets in Insein and Mingalardon Townships in Rangoon Division. |
| 2010.10.18 |
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One thousand VCDs produced by Shan community leaders opposed to the Nov. 7 election have been distributed in Shan State since early September. Thousands of additional copies have also been secretly made. |
2010.10.06
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Arakan youth activists
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Notices urging the public to boycott the Burmese junta’s elections next month and oppose its constitution were posted on lamp posts and fences in 15 villages across Arakan State, youth activists said
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2010.09.29
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ABFSU
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Eleven student activists were arrested last week for distributing leaflets in Rangoon urging an election boycott
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2010.09.21
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Anonymous
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Anti-election posters were distributed widely in 4 townships in Arakan State ((Maungdaw, Buthidaung, Rathidaung, and Sittwe) during International Peace Day.
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2010.08.12
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Generation Wave
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Generation Wave begins distributing stickers bearing the portrait of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and urging people not to vote in the November election in Rangoon.
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2010.08.08
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Youth alliance
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Five youth organisations including the 2007-Generation All Burma Federation of Student Unions formed an alliance to stimulate activities to boycott the upcoming elections. The other groups include New Generation, Saffron Generation, Midland Students and Pro-democracy Student and Youth Activists from Rangoon Division
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2010.08.06
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Anonymous
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A poster and leaflet exhorting people to oppose the forthcoming election in Burma and the political parties that have registered to contest distributed in Kyaukpru Township in western Burma's Arakan State
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2010.03.18
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Anonymous
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Leaflets were secretly distributed condemning both the polls and the 2008 Constitution in crowded places in Rangoon. Similar leaflet distributions were made since last month by young activists in Burma in Arakan State, Mandalay, Sagaing and Pegu Divisions besides Rangoon. The 9-point leaflet says the 2008 Constitution is not for a federal union but for a unitary state only. The other points highlight the 10 dangers in the constitution where it allows the army to legitimize its rule post 2010 polls.
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Other statements:
Several other prominent opposition groups are also calling for a boycott of the elections
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2010.09.03
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Karenni civil society network
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Karenni State civil society networks, including women and student groups, have alleged that the 2008 Constitution provides an unfair advantage to the Union Solidarity Development Party (USDP).
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2010.08.14
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88 Generation Students
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88 Generation Students asked people to protest against the Burma's Nov 7 Election saying it would not be free and fair.
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2010.08.10
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BLC
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Burma’s Lawyers Council released a statement urging the Supreme Court to prohibit the Election Commission from allowing the USDP to run as a political party.
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2010.05.25
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ABMA + ABFSU
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All Burma Monks’ Alliance (ABMA), the 88-Generation Students and All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU) in a joint statement urged the people of Burma to boycott this year’s general elections to prevent activation of the junta’s controversial 2008 constitution.
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2009.03.12
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CRPP
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In the course of its regular meeting, CRPP Chairman Aye Thar Aung said that the constitution must be reviewed and amended if they are to contend the elections.
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Legal action by the NLD
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2010.09.15
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The National League for Democracy(NLD) said after a meeting discussing the party's future that it will challenge the Election Commission’s announcement that it will disband the party and are preparing to confront the Political Parties Registration Law Chapter 4, Article 25 before the court
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2010.03.23
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Three NLD leaders––Nyan Win, Tin Oo and Aung Shwe –– filed a lawsuit in an attempt to sue the chairman of the State Peace and Development Council. The statement claimed that the election laws are unfair and one-sided. The NLD pointed to an election law that prohibits its leader, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, from participating in the general election as she is currently under house arrest, and that the law violates the right of political parties and is counter to the spirit of a democratic system. However, an official at the supreme court reportedly told the NLD leaders that the court does not have the power to handle the case, and returned the documents
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