New Delhi (Mizzima) – Ministry of Defence officials has urged residents of Falam township, Chin State in the country’s northwest, to co-operate with the military for a “successful general election”, a local election official said.
The call came at a town hall meeting on Sunday between a team of high ranking military officers, including Bureau of Special Operations (BSO) Commander Lieutenant General Ohn Myint and Sagaing Division Commander Major General Myint Soe, and a gathering of local government staff and about 1,400 townspeople, Falam provisional election commission chairman Sathin Kup told Mizzima.
Ohn Myint also promised that the military team would tackle the water shortages and power outages plaguing the town, Sathin Kup said.
“They asked us to tell them what we want here and they promised to help us as much as they could. Only co-operation between the people and government staff in unity and solidarity can help the country develop,” the local election official said, apparently toeing the junta policy line and without elaborating on what kind of co-operation was being sought.
He refrained from speaking about or campaigning on behalf of any party ahead of the as-yet unscheduled national polls but made town history by giving away 100 Kyat coins (10 US cents) to each attendee.
There are six BSOs – a type of super commander in the Burmese Army that oversees military, political and economic affairs of their region.
Ohn Myint and his team had visited Chin State capital Hakha on April 1 in the afternoon for electioneering. He inspected government offices, donated books to the education department and gave 10 blankets to some of the city’s poorest people.
Source :http://mizzima.com/news/election-2010/3903-defence-ministry-chin-tour-urges-successful-polls-.html
The call came at a town hall meeting on Sunday between a team of high ranking military officers, including Bureau of Special Operations (BSO) Commander Lieutenant General Ohn Myint and Sagaing Division Commander Major General Myint Soe, and a gathering of local government staff and about 1,400 townspeople, Falam provisional election commission chairman Sathin Kup told Mizzima.
Ohn Myint also promised that the military team would tackle the water shortages and power outages plaguing the town, Sathin Kup said.
“They asked us to tell them what we want here and they promised to help us as much as they could. Only co-operation between the people and government staff in unity and solidarity can help the country develop,” the local election official said, apparently toeing the junta policy line and without elaborating on what kind of co-operation was being sought.
He refrained from speaking about or campaigning on behalf of any party ahead of the as-yet unscheduled national polls but made town history by giving away 100 Kyat coins (10 US cents) to each attendee.
There are six BSOs – a type of super commander in the Burmese Army that oversees military, political and economic affairs of their region.
Ohn Myint and his team had visited Chin State capital Hakha on April 1 in the afternoon for electioneering. He inspected government offices, donated books to the education department and gave 10 blankets to some of the city’s poorest people.
Source :http://mizzima.com/news/election-2010/3903-defence-ministry-chin-tour-urges-successful-polls-.html
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