December 28, 2019
Union Election Commission Chairman U Hla Thein met with officials from election sub-commissions of Mandalay Region at the regional cabinet’s meeting hall yesterday.
Mandalay Region Election Sub-Commission Chairman U Shein Win and chairmen of the district and township sub-commissions and officials attended the meeting.
During the meeting, the UEC Chairman said the elections need to be conducted in line with the 5 prescribed norms. He said 2019 was designated as the year for compiling the electoral roll and townships have completed that task.
The UEC Chairman said the process was undertaken with four action plans. He said the first action plan was collecting and reviewing population information, the second plan was compiling the voter’s list, the third was making monthly compilations, adjustments and maintenance to the changing demographic and voter’s list, and the fourth plan is to post the voter’s list in public view.
The UEC Chairman said it is the duty of UEC to ensure every citizen gets to exercise their right to vote and urged the sub-commissions to ensure there are no mistakes in compiling the voter’s list and maintaining it in accordance with changing demographics every month.
Next, the regional election sub-commission secretary explained their processes concerning the election. The UEC Chairman then concluded the meeting with a closing speech. — Min Htet Aung (Man Sub-printing House) (Translated by Zaw Htet Oo)
