Voter Voices

June 21, 2021
Views on Covid-19 situation in Arakan State
January 29, 2021
Ethnic parties express their views over fears of a potential...
January 21, 2021
What changes CSOs want to see from the new Chin State government
January 19, 2021
Kachin State Lawmakers Prepare for the first session of the new...
Union Parliament Speaker U T Khun Myat issued a statement on January 6th, saying that the first regular session of the third Union Parliament shall...
January 7, 2021
Expectations of Kachin people from Hukawng Valley on the new...
People on Ledo Road in Hukawng Valley in Kachin State have been facing land disputes for over a decade. In 2004 the Union government designated 21,...
January 5, 2021
Expectations of Shan youths on the new government
The Shan State faces armed conflict and drug problems. In addition the education and health sectors are weak. There are very few employment...
December 23, 2020
What Internal refugees (IDPs) expect from the new government
More than 40,000 people are taking shelter in over 80 IDP camps in the government-controlled areas in Kachin State. More than 20,000 people from the...
December 18, 2020
An interview with ethnic parties in Kachin State about...
Voters in no less than 11 townships in Kachin State were denied the chance to exercise their democratic rights by the UEC cancellations. Ethnic-based...
November 26, 2020
The campaign pledges of MPs in Kayah State
Here are the voices of elected candidates in Kayah State. Daw El Balin (Elected Kayah State Parliament candidate from the KySDP) Education is the top...
November 18, 2020
The voices of the people about the new NLD government
The ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) has recently won a landslide victory in the 2020 General Election, exceeding the number of seats...
November 6, 2020
Views of ethnic party leaders about peace if they secure the...
Ethnic parties have made achieving peace, ethnic rights, equality and self-determination as prime issues in their election campaign. Rights. Here are...
October 28, 2020
Teachers who will work at polling stations fear the risk of...
The election is scheduled for November 8, 2020. But the country sees an increasing number of confirmed cases. The Covid pandemic has spread like...
October 20, 2020
Candidates Protest that Maungdaw Township has been unfairly...
Many candidates and local people in Rakhine State are furious with rulings by the UEC that have lumped even peaceful townships together with those...
October 14, 2020
Voices from Mon State over voting in the pandemic period
The election is slated for November 8, 2020. The country sees a massive increase in the daily caseload of COVID-19. Till October 13, the total number...
October 14, 2020
Voices of locals in Mon State about expectations for the...
A total of 291 candidates from 17 political parties and 11 independent candidates have registered to run for 45 seats in Mon State. The following is...