YANGON -- Hours after Myanmar's main opposition party objected to a proposal by the country's Union Election Commission to postpone a national poll scheduled for Nov. 8, the government changed tack and announced that the vote would go ahead as scheduled.
The suggestion to delay the poll was made by election commission chairman Tin Aye at an Oct. 13 meeting with several of Myanmar's main political parties, although no official postponement was announced nor any alternative election date given. Shortly after 8pm Myanmar time on Oct. 13 media run by Myanmar's army announced that the election will proceed on Nov. 8 as planned.
