Dear U Myint Lwin,
Gosh, but it was difficult to get through to NLM today. MRTV was
overwhelmed
with traffic, and the text version was offline for much of the day. But
what
U Thaung Nyunt has to say about Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's eligibility for the
2010 elections is mildly encouraging, though I guarantee few international
newspapers will spot it. In plain English:
"U Thaung Nyunt said that the right to stand for election in 2010 was not
a
matter for the Referendum Commission. The responsible body to be
appointed,
the Electoral Commission, would need to examine each case when the
elections
were announced, and it was expected that provision would be made for
persons
concerned to contest any order debarring them from standing for election,
and they would have a right of appeal against any negative decision from
the
lowest to the highest level."
Derek
"U Myint Lwin" <umyintlwin2005@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Voting will be conducted in line with the international systems
>
>
> Mr Gambari said that he understood that the case was in the frame of
> the sovereign power; that at the same time, he considered that it was
> to meet the international norms; that he would like to know whether
> the prohibition concerned the right to vote or the right to stand for
> election. U Thaung Nyunt said that the right to stand for election was
> not their concern, and the responsible body concerned would have to
> scrutinize that case when the elections were held; and that some
> provisions would likely to be prescribed that the person concerned had
> the right to argue prohibition with the right of appeal from the basic
> level to the highest level.
>
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