The Burmese head of state and 17 other ministers resigned from their military positions for the coming elections.
The Burmese officials are stepping down in what appears to be a move toward providing polls in their first democratic elections, according to Sify. Prime Minister Thein Sein, who is looking to be re-elected, stepped down from his position as general.
Under new regulations passed in March, military officials can’t run for office. The country has been presided over by a military dictatorship since 1962 and if military leaders run for office and win, it would appear to be a continuation of the same.
The National League for Democracy, the main opposition party to the ruling junta, dropped out the race because jailed persons cannot run for office, which looks to be aimed at their leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
The Burmese officials are stepping down in what appears to be a move toward providing polls in their first democratic elections, according to Sify. Prime Minister Thein Sein, who is looking to be re-elected, stepped down from his position as general.
Under new regulations passed in March, military officials can’t run for office. The country has been presided over by a military dictatorship since 1962 and if military leaders run for office and win, it would appear to be a continuation of the same.
The National League for Democracy, the main opposition party to the ruling junta, dropped out the race because jailed persons cannot run for office, which looks to be aimed at their leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
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