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A general election was held in Myanmar on 2010, in accordance with the new constitution which was approved in a referendum held in . The date of the election, 7 November, was announced by the SPDC on .〔 〕 The general election forms the fifth step of the seven-step "roadmap to democracy" proposed by the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) in 2003,〔(Myanmar leader says 2010 election plans on course ). ''Kuwait Times''. , 2008.〕〔(Myanmar Top Leader Advises People To Make Correct Choice With Upcoming Election ). Bernama. 2010.〕 the sixth and seventh steps being the convening of elected representatives and the building of a modern, democratic nation, respectively. However, the National League for Democracy boycotted the election. The result was a sweeping victory for the Union Solidarity and Development Party, which won nearly 80% of seats contested across the upper and lower house. The United Nations expressed concern about the fairness of the election and Western countries have dismissed them as fraudulent. Due to the strict separation of powers in the constitution, members elected to the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw are automatically disqualified from their seats if they accept appointment to an executive or judicial body. As a result of this, many members elected in this election were quickly disqualified from their seats after accepting appointment to bodies such as the Cabinet of Myanmar. By-elections to fill 48 vacancies left by such appointments as well as by resignations and deaths were held 17 months later in April 2012. ==Background== Article 59F of the new constitution bans from the Presidency (not public office in general) people who are married to citizens of states other than Myanmar. Some commentators claim that this means Aung San Suu Kyi will be unable to contest the election,〔(Ban on Suu Kyi shatters hopes for Myanmar polls: analysts ). AFP. 2008.〕〔(Burma: Militärjunta schließt Suu Kyi von Wahlen aus ). DiePresse.com. (in German). 2008.〕 but since her husband is deceased, she would not appear to be barred on this basis.〔(International Crisis Group: Myanmar – Towards the Elections, p.11. )〕 The United Nations, members of ASEAN and Western nations have insisted that the elections will not be credible without the participation of Suu Kyi.〔Pichai, Usa ( 2009). (ASEAN Foreign Ministers expect Burma to act responsively ). Mizzima.〕〔Aziakou, Gerard ( 2009). (UN chief tells Myanmar to deliver on poll pledge ). AFP.〕〔Gray, Dennis ( 2009). (Indonesia criticizes military-ruled Myanmar ). ''Taiwan News''.〕 The National League for Democracy (NLD) had set a number of conditions for participating in the poll, including changes to the constitution to reduce the army's influence, international supervision for free and fair polls, and freeing all political prisoners including Suu Kyi.〔(Burmese Opposition Party Sets Conditions for Elections ). Voice of America. 2009.〕 Senior General Than Shwe, leader of the ruling military junta, has pledged to release political prisoners in an amnesty before the election, though he has not stated when this would occur.〔(Myanmar considering amnesty for pol prisoners ). Zee News. 2009.〕 On 2009, Suu Kyi was sentenced to imprisonment for three years with hard labour over a trespass incident. This sentence was commuted by the military rulers to further house arrest of eighteen months.〔(Burma court finds Suu Kyi guilty ). BBC News. 2009.〕 The NLD later announced they would not take part in the election due to the election laws. Key ministries including justice, defence and the interior will remain under the control of the military and under the 2008 constitution, a quarter of the 440 parliament seats will be reserved for the military officials. People holding military positions are not permitted to contest the election; as such, 20 members of the junta, including Prime Minister Thein Sein, retired from their posts to participate in the election. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Myanmar general election, 2010」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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