{"id":300,"date":"2010-10-22T05:29:15","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T05:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moemaka.org\/wp\/?p=300"},"modified":"2010-10-22T05:29:15","modified_gmt":"2010-10-22T05:29:15","slug":"government-service-staffs-must-vote-no-excuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/2010\/10\/government-service-staffs-must-vote-no-excuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Service Staffs must vote – no excuse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cActually, they (the government staffs) were just forced to appease their immediate bosses and so forth. Some of their big bosses like with director position threatened their subordinates that one who not vote were free-riders to the society and should not be tolerated, meaning they might lose their jobs if found out\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

one staff person from ministry of transportation told MoeMaKa.<\/span><\/p>\n

While in Burma, the NLD (Opposition Party led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi) was organizing \u201cNo Vote\u201d campaign explaining the public that everyone has right not to cast the vote if they don\u2019t want to. The Senior General Than Shwe had ordered his armed forces and also to his government service employees to participate in this 2010 Election and forcing all the votes to go to his political party, USDP. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe know from our experience and from our heart that this coming election won\u2019t change our life and our country to be better. But it will force our country into more misery, make it official and constitutional to legalize the dictatorship to rule our country forever.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the technical staffs, aged (42 yrs) share his opinion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Currently, the USDP members were seen handing out campaign posters and leaflets all over Rangoon of 3 million population. However, for other minor political parties were not seen yet to carry out many campaigns due to various limited rules set by the regime, and also due to their insufficient funds. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"


Win Myat, Yangon
<\/span>15<\/span>th<\/span> October 2010<\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Campaign Poster of USDP in Rangoon (Photo \u2013 MoeMaKa)<\/span>
(Click picture if you want to read the words on the signboard)<\/span><\/div>\n

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It was reported that some of the high rank officers from government services in Rangoon had ordered their staffs to check their voting status, register to vote and vote without fail on the polling day. \u00a0They were told to volunteer themselves doing data-collection and running errands at the polling station when needed. They also were told to report their activities back to their supervisors.<\/span><\/p>\n

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