The National Democratic Force has voted to expel its deputy chairman Thein Nyunt over “irresponsibility” and disclosing internal party affairs to the media, NDF leader Khin Maung Swe said yesterday ...
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The National Democratic Force has voted to expel its deputy chairman Thein Nyunt over “irresponsibility” and disclosing internal party affairs to the media, NDF leader Khin Maung Swe said yesterday. Thein Nyunt responded that the NDF had failed to conduct an audit of party accounts as promised.
“In accordance with party regulations, any member who discloses internal affairs to the public must be expelled. He violated that regulation. He made disclosures … not only to journals but also to his friends,” Khin Maung Swe said.
The decision to remove Thein Nyunt came after 12 out of 15 NDF leaders from Rangoon, Mandalay and Tenasserim divisions voted for his expulsion yesterday.
“He [also] wrongly accused the party of using foreign currency. That’s not true”, Khin Maung Swe said.
The party had already warned Thein Nyunt against revealing party business to the public since before the election, but he had ignored the warning, he said.
Thein Nyunt however denied that he had violated party regulations.
“I spoke to the media in accord with democratic principles. I would like to say three things. Firstly, they [NDF leaders] said the party would have a financial audit after the election. Secondly … I think they are jealous of me as I have won [a seat] in the election. Finally, before I could file a complaint to the electoral commission about them, they removed me from the party,” Thein Nyunt told Mizzima.
He also accused the four top NDF leaders of failure to submit party accounts ahead of the audit.
Thein Nyunt said that he would complain to the electoral commission about the case and perform NDF duties until the electoral commission removed him from the party.
On October 2, NDF, Democracy and Peace Party, Chin National Party, Rakhine Nationalities Development Party, Union Democratic Party, and Shan Nationals Democratic Party formed a political alliance. But after some NDF candidates had received donations from the Myanmar Fishery Federation vice chairman Hla Maung Shwe, a junta appointee, some parties withdrew from the alliance.NDF sacks deputy who sought audit
Friday, 19 November 2010 18:39 Phanida
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Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The National Democratic Force has voted to expel its deputy chairman Thein Nyunt over “irresponsibility” and disclosing internal party affairs to the media, NDF leader Khin Maung Swe said yesterday. Thein Nyunt responded that the NDF had failed to conduct an audit of party accounts as promised.
“In accordance with party regulations, any member who discloses internal affairs to the public must be expelled. He violated that regulation. He made disclosures … not only to journals but also to his friends,” Khin Maung Swe said.
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Beneath a photo of Burmese independence hero Aung San, father of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, National Democratic Force party leader Khin Maung Swe (centre) speaks at the opening ceremony of party offices in Rangoon in September, 2010. The party voted to expel deputy chairman Thein Nyunt over disclosing party affairs to the media, Khin Maung Swe said yesterday. Thein Nyunt however said the NDF had failed to conduct an audit of party accounts as promised. Photo: AFP
The decision to remove Thein Nyunt came after 12 out of 15 NDF leaders from Rangoon, Mandalay and Tenasserim divisions voted for his expulsion yesterday.
“He [also] wrongly accused the party of using foreign currency. That’s not true”, Khin Maung Swe said.
The party had already warned Thein Nyunt against revealing party business to the public since before the election, but he had ignored the warning, he said.
Thein Nyunt however denied that he had violated party regulations.
“I spoke to the media in accord with democratic principles. I would like to say three things. Firstly, they [NDF leaders] said the party would have a financial audit after the election. Secondly … I think they are jealous of me as I have won [a seat] in the election. Finally, before I could file a complaint to the electoral commission about them, they removed me from the party,” Thein Nyunt told Mizzima.
He also accused the four top NDF leaders of failure to submit party accounts ahead of the audit.
Thein Nyunt said that he would complain to the electoral commission about the case and perform NDF duties until the electoral commission removed him from the party.
On October 2, NDF, Democracy and Peace Party, Chin National Party, Rakhine Nationalities Development Party, Union Democratic Party, and Shan Nationals Democratic Party formed a political alliance. But after some NDF candidates had received donations from the Myanmar Fishery Federation vice chairman Hla Maung Shwe, a junta appointee, some parties withdrew from the alliance.
