Eleven of the 21 people who are applying to register the National League for Democracy (NLD) party with the Burmese Election Commission are women representing all states and regions except Karenni State.
The list includes former winning political candidates in the failed 1990 election, and also includes young and middle-aged people and a wide spectrum of ethnic representatives, said party sources. Three original NLD founders head the list: Tin Oo, Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Tin.
Read the whole story at Mizzima, published November 24, 2011.
Eleven of the 21 people who are applying to register the National League for Democracy (NLD) party with the Burmese Election Commission are women representing all states and regions except Karenni State.
The list includes former winning political candidates in the failed 1990 election, and also includes young and middle-aged people and a wide spectrum of ethnic representatives, said party sources. Three original NLD founders head the list: Tin Oo, Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Tin.
Read the whole story at Mizzima, published November 24, 2011.