Manipulation in the People’s Referendum
May 28, 2008
HURFOM:
The ruling military regime planned to win the May 2008 People’s Referendum at any cost because they already plan to win the 2010 Elections. In the People’s Referendum, the SPDC authorities and their supporters from USDA and other organizations planned to manipulate votes.
In the case of manipulation, the SPDC authorities have pressured all government public servants to give ‘Yes’ vote in the Referendum, as well as heavy-handed encouragement for pre-voting, a process where they registered the names of these servants and forced them to tick Yes on the ballot.
Similarly, before the May 10th referendum the SPDC authorities and Referendum Commissions gave ‘Yes’ votes on behalf of elderly people, migrant workers absent in the community, and other absentees.
The SPDC authorities already ordered all poll stations and Referendum Commission staff to produce a strong ‘Yes’ vote. Therefore local authorities and USDA members used various ways of manipulation throughout the Referendum process to ensure the SPDC would achieve the result it wanted. The Referendum will not produce the correct result and will not reflect the desires of the people of Burma.
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