G.A.D. orders MUP to remove office signboards in villages

July 13, 2023

HURFOM: On July 8, 2023, the Township General Administration Department (GAD) ordered the Mon Unity Party (MUP) to remove their office signboards in villages across Mon State.

“It isn’t only the MUP that must remove their signboards. All political parties have to do so. The township offices can use their sign boards but offices in villages or wards have to remove their signboards. We’ve already instructed the village/ward office to remove their signboards,” said a member of the central executive committee (CEC) of the MUP.

Neither the Union Election Commission or the MUP have released a statement to explain why the removal of signboards is required. However, the General Administration Department offered a reason.

“The township GAD said party’s signboards in the village or wards must be removed for security concerns. We’ve removed the signboard and kept it in the office. It’s nothing special,” said another CEC member of the MUP.

Even though the central level of the MUP said this directive is “nothing special”, party members in the villages feel disappointed.

“We don’t know the reason. The upper officials of the party said nothing. The party office is open at my house. I’m disappointed and unhappy to remove our party’s signboard,” said a township-level member of the Mudon Township MUP.

Due to a new electoral law approved by the military junta, the MUP decided to downgrade their party status from being “Union Level” (federal) to “State Level” in order to meet the new party registration requirements dictated by the junta.

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