110,000 to observe polling
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More than 100,000 representatives from political parties as well as more than 10,000 domestic and foreign observers are expected to be at over 40,000 polling booths on Sunday.
The Union Election Commission said there were 1,118 international observers, including 470 from 32 embassies, 465 from six election-monitoring groups and 183 from organisations promoting democratic and electoral processes. Moreover, there were 9,406 observers from 13 domestic monitoring groups and 291 from 45 foreign media outlets.
As two representatives from each political party are permitted to be present at a polling booth, the number of observers from the Union Solidarity and Development Party and National League for Democracy alone will exceed 8,0000 at the more than 40,000 polling booths.
"Those working at a polling station need a knowledge of [election] law and by-laws. If they don't know, I fear chaos and lawlessness," said Min Thu Zin from the Civil and Political Rights Campaign Group, a domestic monitoring organisation. "They should even know how to act in electoral settings.”
The UEC has issued a code of conduct for domestic and foreign observers.
