Burma election prospects dim
NZPA-Reuter Bangkok Three political parties have been formed in Burma since the army seized power on September 18, but opposition leaders and Western diplomats believe prospects for free multi-party elections remain dim. The Burma Socialist Programme Party, whose long rule was ended by General Saw Maung’s takeover, has changed its name to the National Unity Party and registered with the Election Commission. After months of antiGovernment demonstrations and six weeks of strikes, the B.S.P.P. promised free elections and said it would contest
them, though the party’s leadership would stand aside. The B.S.P.P.’s new name was close to that of the main opposition group, the National United Front for Democracy, which in . turn changed its name to the National League for Democracy. i Brigadier Aung Gyi, aged 70, once No. 2 to Ne Win who ruled for 26 years, was appointed the league’s chairman. General Tin 00, aged 62, a former defence a minister, was made vice-chairman and Aung San Suu Kyi, the 43-year-old daughter of an independence hero, Aung San, became general secretary. j
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