April 28, Democratic Voice of Burma
Officials vote "Yes" on behalf of civil servant
A civil servant in Magwe division's Salin town****p who tried to vote in
advance of the referendum was informed by local authorities they had
already cast "Yes" votes on her behalf.
U Tar, a 1990 people's parliament representative for Salin town****p, said
the woman was due to go on a trip and would not be in the town****p for the
referendum.
"A female teacher who was due to go on an advanced teacher training
program went to the town****p authorities and informed them she was there
to vote in advance for the national referendum as she was going to be away
on that day," U Tar said.
"But the town****p officials told her she didn't need to worry about it as
they had already cast 'Yes' votes in advance for her and the other three
people in her family."
U Tar strongly condemned the actions of the local authorities in denying
the woman her right to vote in the referendum.
"This is not the normal procedure in a national referendum," he said.
"The government is doing whatever they want and abusing their authority.
There is no justice here."
