Myanmar’s navy authorities will conduct a nationwide inhabitants and family census in October, state media stated on Monday, paving the best way for a promised election subsequent yr amid raging battle throughout swathes of the nation.
The census knowledge collected from Oct. 1 to fifteen shall be used to carry a common election subsequent yr, junta chief Min Aung Hlaing informed a gathering on Sunday, state media reported.
“The census can be utilized in compilation of appropriate and correct voter lists which is a fundamental want for efficiently holding a free and truthful multi-party democratic common election,” he stated individually in a televised speech on Sunday.
