CNI News
13 March 2025
If a multi-party democratic general election was held, chairman of the State Administration Council Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing should meet and discuss with unregistered parties, military and political analysts told CNI News.
Because a multi-party democratic general election would be held without fail, cooperation only was needed without acting contrarily, said the SAC chairman on the plane which returned from Russia and Belarus on 9 March 2025.
If the SAC wanted to hold a multi-party democratic general election, terms and conditions need to be revised so that unregistered parties and parties that have not got registration could take part in the election, U Khun Sai who is involved in the peace process, told CNI News.
"If the SAC opens the way for all parties, then this election has the potential to be an inclusive election. Terms and conditions need to be revised so that a free, fair and transparent general election can be held. The SAC doesn't believe some parties. The SAC doesn't let them to register. Some elections don't accept the 2008 constitution. They have decided they will never run any election under the 2008 constitution. If these parties can take part in the election, the 2008 constitution can be amended." he said.
While Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing was meeting with the Russian President Putin
If a multi-party democratic general election was held, Myanmar would be really successful, said the SAC Chairman. Moreover, he expressed that elections would be held in December 2025 or in January 2026.
Although it was likely for the SAC to meet and discuss with the parties which have not got registration, it was unlikely for the SAC to meet with the parties which did not apply for registration, director of the Thayninga Institute for Strategy Studies U Thein Tun Oo told CNI News.
" When all the parties have been allowed to register, some parties don't apply for registration. It's their problem?. Some parties might not be built by their chairpersons, but by other elements behind the scene. The Union Election Commission will have to verify. How can the SAC discuss with the parties which have not got registration? This may be because of process. But how will the SAC discuss with the parties which didn't apply for registration under what title? It's impossible logically." he said.
While the Union Election Commission was meeting with political parties
The UEC rejected the applications of some parties although they applied to register again. Moreover, the UEC has imposed regulations and restrictions in order that some parties cannot register, some people pointed out.
At present, 53 parties have been enlisted to run the election and according to the political parties registration law that was imposed in January 2023, some of the restrictions were revised and published on January 30, 2024.
Some points that were revised contain: a party must have 50,000 members instead of 100,000 ninety days before the date when elections will be held and its offices must be opened in one-third of the townships across the country ninety days before elections and other points.
