USDA is planning to take over the lands of farmers

Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) members are offering low-income workers and farmers in Rangoon small “loans,” which are seen as support for government-backed political candidates, according to local residents.

In Yankin, Kawmu and Kungyangone townships, USDA members, accompanied by township leaders, made the offers to selected residents.

Speaking to The Irrawaddy on Monday, residents in Yankin Township said: “Three days ago members of USDA and the head of the quarter offered the loans.”

A youth member of the National League for Democracy in Rangoon said that for a farmer with one acre, the USDA will loan 10,000 kyat (US $10). Many village residents have already received the loans said a resident in Kungyangone Township. -- The Irrawaddy

Not surprisingly, USDA is bribing or controlling farmers with the money. What do you think 'loan' is? In fact, USDA as known as USDP is planning to take over the lands of farmers. Since the farmers cannot reimburse, they will ask for the ballot for the election instead of the land. How can this election be fair?

Reference:

Kaung, Ba. USDA Hands Out 'Loans' to farmers. The Irrawaddy. June 28, 2010. http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18819

NLD Leaders Tour Burma

Despite being disbanded for failing to register for this year's upcoming election, the National League for Democracy (NLD) remains active, sending senior members to branch offices around Burma to discuss strategy.

On Sunday, Win Tin, an NLD executive member, traveled to Karen State to meet with former party members. “I told them not to vote in the election,” he said, speaking to The Irrawaddy on Wednesday.

Win Tin, who was accompanied by two other party members from the the NLD's Rangoon headquarters, said he also urged the members in Karen State to boycott the pro-junta Union Solidarity and Development Party, led by Prime Minister Thein Sein, and the National Unity Party, formed from late dictator Ne Win's authoritarian Burma Socialist Programme Party.

“The purpose of the trip was to consolidate party unity and listen to the voices of members who face difficulties since the party decided not to register. We also wanted to tell them that we will not abandon them. We will continue to work more actively in politics,” said Win Tin. -- The Irrawaddy.

What a marvelous work by Mr. Tin, telling former party members not to vote this unfair/unjust 2010 Election. USDP has been incessantly trying to win the election by not only cheating votes, but also forcing people to vote for them. So, we have to dissuade people from voting for those pro-government parties. Moreover, people must show their courage and their feelings by not going to the ballot stations as Burmese Noble Laureate Daw Suu Kyi said.

Reference:

Lawi, Weng. NLD Leaders Tour Burma. The Irrawaddy. June 23, 2010. http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18791

Thein Sein, if you have done nothing wrong and believe in yourself, what are you afraid of?

Burma’s censorship board is keeping a tight control on reporting in private journals about the junta’s Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) led by Prime Minister Thein Sein. Journalists in Rangoon said the censorship board, the Press Scrutiny and Registration Division under the Ministry of Information, does not allow any questioning on the controversial formation of the USDP, which was formed directly from the state mass organization, the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA). -- Irrawaddy

Again... Why is Thein Sein afraid off? Is he frightened that people might be focussing on his corruptions? Why is the Censorship Board preventing journalists to write critical comments although Thein Sein is no longer a Military official?

Answers to these questions are obvious. Although the War Office announced that Thein Sein's retirement, he is still acting as a Premier without a doubt. His party USDP, which is hated by citizens the most, involved in beating monks in Saffron Revolution. The corruptions in this election will be evident by the victory of USDP.

Hopefully, United Nations would not approve the outcome of this election. If UN or the World's Nations approve the result of election, it means that these Nations approve the massacre of Saffron Revolution in September 2007 and these nations will have proved themselves to be the same as Burmese junta.

Reference:
Moe, Wai. Tight Censorship on Reporting USDP. The Irrawaddy. May 5 2010. http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18388