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The 44th session of the 13th National Assembly Standing Committee opened in Hanoi on January 14.

The Prime Minister has issued a directive on elections for deputies to the National Assembly and the People’s Council in the 2016-2021 tenure.

President of the Cambodian People’s Party and PM Hun Sen on January 7 cancelled the plan to amend the country’s election code which would ban political party leaders from holding dual citizenship.

The Political Bureau has requested Party Committees and organisations to make thorough preparations for the elections of deputies to the 14th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels.

Cambodia’s Ministry of Interior has recognised the Cambodian Youth Party (CYP) as the seventh political party set up in the country since the 2013 National Assembly Elections.

A ceremony to mark the 80th founding anniversary of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) was held at Clark Air Base in Pampanga province, the Philippines, on December 21.

Millions of Indonesians on December 9 cast ballots in the country’s first-ever simultaneous elections for regional leaders in 264 regions, half of the local administrations.

Voters in Hanoi’s Ba Dinh and Hoan Kiem districts have shown their special interest in personnel work ahead of the 12th National Party Congress and the elections for the 14th NA.

National Assembly deputies gave the nod to the general elections, the Electoral Council and the revised Civil Code during their plenary session of the 13th parliament’s ongoing 10th sitting on Nov. 24

The election of deputies to the 14th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels of the 2016-20 tenure will take place on May 22, 2016, which is a Sunday in line with the law.

The Myanmar government on November 6 placed Yangon region under high security alert on the threshold of the landmark general elections scheduled for November 8.

A seminar on reviewing the observation of elections in ASEAN countries was held at the ASEAN Secretariat’s headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia on October 19.

National Assembly (NA) deputies are expected to establish a national electoral council at the parliament’s 10th sitting, which is scheduled to convene on October 20.

Women are under-represented in local elections, according to a report released at a recent policy dialogue in Hanoi.

The Union Election Commission (UEC) of Myanmar on October 13 hosted a meeting with the country’s ten largest political parties to discuss whether or not to postpone the general elections.

The National Assembly Standing Committee convened its 42nd session on Oct. 12, expected to give opinions on a national electoral council as well as the date for the NA and People’s Council elections.

Leaders of the ruling Cambodian CPP and the CNRP met in Phnom Penh on September 23 to discuss issues regarding the amendment of the election law ahead of the 2017 commune elections.