WHO IS GOVERNMENT NOW NAD FUTURE IF THE CABINET IS NOT GOVERNMENT?

WHO IS GOVERNMENT NOW NAD FUTURE IF THE CABINET IS NOT GOVERNMENT?

The Myanmar Union Election Commission has insisted that formation of political party by in- post government ministers to take part in the coming multi-party general election this year is "in conformity with the law".
In response to a question raised recently by Larry M, Dinger, Charge d'affaires of the United States Embassy in Yangon when international governments and political parties which have to run in 2010 election and members of CEC of NLD shut their HQ office by the 2010 electoral registration law, Chairman of the commission U Thein Soe replied that "ministers are political posts, not state service personnel" referring a provision of Myanmar's party registration law which says state service personnel shall not be organized in political parties. But the commission chairman does not count on cabinet who are receiving salary from the people revenue and the cabinet is not hour pay employees or daily paid workers.
"The present ministers' formation of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is in conformity with the law," Union Election Commission Chairman, Thein Soe insisted.
He cited a section of the 2008 constitution as saying that in- service state service personnel including the armed forces on the date on which the constitution came into force shall continue to discharge duties until the government promulgates others provisions.
Another section of the law was also cited as saying that "the government that is on existing on the date on which the constitution comes into force shall continue to discharge its duties until a new government is formed in accordance with the constitution".
Secretary-General of the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) U Htay Oo, who is in-post Agriculture Minister, also added that "ministers and deputy ministers are merely the political posts, not government servants". The question has to be risen that who is government in Myanmar (Burma) now if the ministers of cabinet are not government servants.
Dozens of government ministers, led by Prime Minister U Thein Sein, have quit their military posts but not government posts to form the USDA-transformed USDP with 27 leading ministerial members to take part in the planned election and the formation has been granted by the commission.
Meanwhile, the commission has granted formation of 28 new political parties out of 31 and four old political parties are confusing who the present government is if the whole cabinet is not government now in accordance with the mention by the Chairman of the commission, and how our nation and international communities would recognize for the forming cabinet in future as government by means of diplomatic relationship after 2010 election result.

Written by Aung Naing Htwe

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