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Flood not to impede Myanmar's polls: election commission

Xinhua, August 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

Myanmar will go on with its general election scheduled for Nov. 8 without postponement despite current flood, the Union Election Commission (UEC) said on Friday.

"The recent flooding across Myanmar cannot lead to the postponement of the general election, which is around 90 days away, despite the constitutional mandate to do so," said U Tin Aye, chairman of the UEC.

Negotiation is underway whether to allow in observers and correspondents in the polls at military bases, said the official.

He confirmed that green card holders are disallowed to cast vote in the election.

According to the commission, 2,073 candidates from 56 political parties including 67 individuals have so far been registered to run the election.

It was disclosed by the commission that the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) has so far nominated 910 candidates to run for the upcoming general election, while the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) has announced feeding 1,133 candidates.

The commission has extended the deadline to Aug. 16 instead of Aug. 8 for the submission of lists of candidates from political parties.

The 2015 general election is to produce parliamentary representatives to the next term which will form a new government in early 2016. Endi