Rangoon 7th April 2008
BDD obtained the USDA's final voting chart of the … Township recently.
The voting chart shows that 82% of the eligible voters would vote for "Yes" at the upcoming referendum in May. USDA local members have collected the voting lists, and eligible voting numbers in early 2008. Government officials were also instructed to coordinate with USDA's canvassing process even before regime announced it would hold the referendum on 9th February 2008.
It wasn’t clear how they predict or focus this high number of eligible voters would vote for yes. Sources stressed that USDA locals have to show the high numbers to their superiors. No remarks were shown on the chat.
According to the SPDC close associate, U Aung Thaung, minister of Industry One, close associate with senior general Than Shwe, and of cause one of the key leaders of the USDA, has history of making up the numbers, showing fake production goods, and high yield of development numbers for senior general Than Shwe. He normally provides pleasure for senior general.
He once, instructed a head of the Rice Cooker factory, under his ministry of industry one, to import two thousand Panasonic rice cookers from Thailand in terms of senior general Than Shwe was supposed to stop by at the Rice Cooker factory for his inspection tour.
In fact, this Rice Cooker Factory under his supervision, has stopped producing goods for more than a year, and U Aung Thaung had to make up for senior general. That incident was for sake of his position stability or just normally practices within SPDC cabinet members, no one knows. But his dishonesty towards senior general is also questioned in this recent USDA voting chart, sources said.
