Maungdaw: The Union Solidarity and Development Party, the leading party in Burma's current government, has not kept its promises given to the public during the election campaign, say voters.
The allegations against the party emerged from Muslims who voted for the party after the USDP held a public conference on 28 April in Alaethankyaw Village in southern Maungdaw.
"They told us to vote to the lion, with promises they would strive for free movement, national identity cards, and reparation of mosques for the Muslims, if they were to be elected. But they did not mention anything about their promises in the public conference yesterday," said one of the Muslim voters to the party.
According to the voters, U Aung Zaw Win, aka Zakir Ahmed, MP in the people's parliament for Maungdaw, spoke to attendees at the conference along with other leaders.
"U Aung Zaw Win has spoken to the conference, saying that they are allowed to hold the conference because they are members of the government party - and urged the people to live in compliance with the government's laws and order, and that his government has plans to carry out regional development gradually," said another voter for the party.
The military authorities in Arakan State have imposed some regional laws for Muslims in the area relating to travel, marriage, and building or repairing religious structures, since their coup in 1991.
The Muslim voters want the military-backed USDP that mostly controls the new government to lift restrictions on them as promised by the party during the election campaigns.
Over 2,000 people, including the USDP's local members, attended the public conference that was held by the MPs from 2 to 3 pm on 28 April, in Alaethankyaw Village.
