From Political Prisoner to Political Office
From Political Prisoner to Political Office
The Irrawaddy, 17 Nov 2015
URL: http://www.irrawaddy.org/election/news/from-political-prisoner-to-political-office
Not only will the National League for Democracy form the next government in 2016, but the next parliament will see more than 100 political prisoners in its ranks.
Burma’s Nov. 8 election saw a landslide victory by the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD), but the result is historic for
many reasons. Of the 1,139 candidates declared winners so far, 110—or around 10 percent—have spent years behind bars as political prisoners.
Many of those who spent time behind bars for their political activities plan to use their new platform in Naypyidaw to call for an end to the incarceration of prisoners of conscience.
Burma’s Nov. 8 election saw a landslide victory by the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD), but the result is historic for
many reasons. Of the 1,139 candidates declared winners so far, 110—or around 10 percent—have spent years behind bars as political prisoners.
Many of those who spent time behind bars for their political activities plan to use their new platform in Naypyidaw to call for an end to the incarceration of prisoners of conscience.