Jury Chai – The Mon State Election Commission is still checking the population numbers in the state before announcing the voters list for the upcoming by-election, according to a commission source.
Daw Khin Htay Kywe, a National League for Democracy (NLD) candidate who will contest the by-election in the Moulmein constituency,said she was eager to know the list of voters.
She said tomorrow is the deadline for checking of the number of voters and the date of releasing the list of voters has not been confirmed yet.
In the Moulmein constituency of Mon State, there are 48 polling stations for a vacated seat for the candidate of PyithuHluttaw (People’s Parliament) and there are over one hundred thousand voters, according to Daw Khin Htay Kywe.
However, the lists have been released since February 29 in other states and divisions.
The candidates from the National League for Democracy (NLD), All Mon Regions Democracy Party (AMDP), the National Unity Party (UNP) and the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) will contest the by-election in the (Moulamein) constituency for a seat of PyithuHluttaw (People’s Parliament).
This vacated constituency is the one where U Aye Myint (USDP), now the Minister of Science and Technology, won his seat in the 2010 general elections. In the whole of Burma, there were 48 vacated seats for the by-election and 17 political parties will contest for those seats.
