SNLD hints at preliminary Shan State election victories
Just before 4
p.m. today, the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) published an
open letter on social media suggesting confidence in a victory in Shan State, a
move which was confirmed by a party spokesperson.
“This time,
with your support, we won again,” the Shan-language letter read.
Sai Lek,
spokesperson for the SNLD, told SHAN that after receiving preliminary results
from the township election commissions, he is very confident that the party has
won all of the seats in at least 20 townships in Shan State.
In additional
townships, they expect partial victories.
“We released
the open letter because what we win is not for our party, but for a better
future for the people, for the country to be peaceful.”
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SNLD open letter to public (SNLD / Facebook)
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The statement,
titled “Thank You to the Public,” referenced the SNLD’s first electoral
competition in 1990, in which the party won the majority of seats in Shan State
and came second nationally to Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy
(NLD).
Sai Lek
reaffirmed the party’s platform of promising to amend the 2008 Constitution.
“We will
amend it for the people,” he said.
SNLD competed
for 46 Lower House seats, 14 Upper House seats, and 96 regional seats in
Burma’s national parliamentary election yesterday. Votes are still being
counted, with final tallies expected to be confirmed throughout the week.
The first
seats 16 victories announced by the Union Election Commission were located in
Yangon Division, and were won by the NLD. The government-backed Union State and
Development Party (USDP) claimed one seat.
By SAI AW / Shan Herald Agency
News (S.H.A.N)
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