Preparations are being made continuously to hold a free and fair multi-party democratic general election in accordance with the 2008 Constitution after the completion of the emergency provisions, said U Thein Soe, chairman of the Union Election Commission (UEC) at the coordination meeting on the correctness of the voter lists and the designation of polling stations held on October 5.

The parties need to think ahead to make the next election a free and fair election that is organized and accepted by the public. According to the process 1 of the five objectives of the State Administration Council (SAC), the appropriate actions including the inspection of the voter lists have been carried out in accordance with the law. According to the process 5, preparations are continuously being made to hold a free and fair multi-party democratic general election in accordance with the 2008 Constitution after the completion of the emergency period provisions, he said.

In addition, the relevant regional and state election sub-commissions must change and update the basic voter lists for each township in their regions and states. The population statistics such as deaths must be updated monthly in cooperation with the relevant departments. In addition, location of polling station, fulfillment of polling equipment and requirements must be met continuously. The relevant regional and state election sub-commissions need to combine, reinforce and train the polling station staff according to the relevant regions and states to get ready, he said.

In the coordination meeting, the officials presented the task to complete and correct the voting lists, to determine polling stations and to make preparatory activities related to filling the polling station equipment and the chairman of the UEC coordinated the business needs.

Members of the UEC, commission officials, election officials from the regions, states and union territory election commissions attended the coordination meeting to prepare for the pre-election process.