CNI News

2 Feb 2024

U THein Soe, chairman of the Union Election Commission,was retired and he was replaced with U Ko Ko, the State Administration Council (SAC) stated on 31st January 2024.

 U Thein Soe served as the chairman of the UEC from 2021 to 31st January 2024.

While U Thein Soe was meeting with political parties

The law on registration of political parties was enacted on 31st January 2023 and political parties were forced to re-register. 

According to the law, a political party that will compete all over the country must have 165 offices and 100,000 members, which was criticized.