HEADLINES: DEMOCRACY-PRESS FREEDOM: YANGON, Myanmar- Myanmar coup leader considers shift to electoral system favoured by military
Demonstrators hold placards reading ‘We don’t need a re-election’ during a protest against the military coup in Yangon on February 26 (EPA-EFE)
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Min Aung Hlaing says electoral change is ‘necessary,’ and touts the adoption of a form of Proportional Representation in elections held under his coup regime
Myanmar’s army chief said on Monday that he is considering changing the country’s electoral system from the existing majoritarian model and toward a form of Proportional Representation (PR).
Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the country’s elected civilian administration in a coup on February 1, made the remarks during a meeting in Naypyitaw with members of his military council, according to state-run media.
In accordance with the country’s military-drafted 2008 Constitution, Myanmar currently uses First Past the Post (FPTP), a system in which the candidate who receives the most votes is the winner of the parliamentary seat in question.
Min Aung Hlaing said that the PR system would be “all-inclusive” and allow for constituents’ voices to be better represented.
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