Description
From the 1stto the 12thof September, ANFREL carried outa two-personexploratory mission to assess the pre-election period in Myanmar before the November 8th General and Local Elections.The team had meetings and conducted interviews with a wide variety of Election Stakeholders throughout the course of their visit. In all, the mission provided a very helpful head start for ANFREL’s Election Observation Mission Planning and gave vital political and electoral background to the two members, ANFREL’s Chairman and one of its analysts, that they in turn shared with the rest of their mission. Ove the course of the two weeks, the team met with the Union Election Commission Chairman U Tin Aye and UEC Commissioners in Naypyidaw to assess the UEC’s election preparations,