BURMA ELECTIONS 2015

Early day motion 789, tabled 30 November 2015 by Valerie Vaz (Labour). Signed by 22 members.

That this House welcomes the result of the elections in Burma; congratulates the National League for Democracy party on gaining two-thirds of seats they needed to control both Houses; calls for the release of all political prisoners and journalists; recognises the rights of the Rohingya and that all internally displaced people should be returned home; notes that human rights and equality go hand-in-hand with economic development; believes that freedom of religion or belief should be upheld for people of all faiths; recalls the principles of the historic Panglong Conference of 1947 and to establish a federal system based on these principles of autonomy and equal rights for ethnic states within a federal united Burma; urges leaders of all religious groups in Burma to meet in the same spirit to bring about peace and reconciliation; and calls on the UK Government to continue to support the Burmese parliament and to strengthen Burma's democratic institutions.

Signatures by party: Labour 7, Scottish National Party 5, Conservative 3, DUP 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Independent 1.