a little more concern, because, _ there is a little more concern, because, obviously, the electoral commissionine, do you want _ conducting its inquiries. jasmine, do you want to — conducting its inquiries. jasmine, do you want to pick _ conducting its inquiries. jasmine, do you want to pick up _ conducting its inquiries. jasmine, do you want to pick up on - conducting its inquiries. jasmine, do you want to pick up on your. conducting its inquiries. jasmine, . do you want to pick up on your paper ——jasmine, our photo of do you want to pick up on your paper —— jasmine, our photo of this particular paper review which is borisjohnson on, not in the flats, at least, he is not showing off the interior decoration, but on the steps of number ten with victor, this is the prime minister way think james landau was telling us earlier here, our diplomatic correspondent, you will know james from being here, our diplomatic correspondent, you will knowjames from being on the diplomatic circuit together, but some are questioning the timing of this, given that part of the g7 leadership of the prime minister wa

mr speaker, as i have said, i look forward to what the electoral commission has to say, but i can tellhe's talking, complete nonsense. borisjohnson. the government has been urged to do more to help india, which is struggling with a huge surge in covid—i9 cases. the country has reported 350,000 daily infections and a total death toll of more than 200,000, with many hospitals overwhelmed. however, it is thought the true figures are far higher, both the deaths and cases. in the lords, there was criticism of the indian government's handling of the pandemic. the government referring to muslims as "termites", seems to be more focused on creating a hindu india than battling the covid crisis. as someone who is muslim, by faith, and indian by heritage, i actually value and celebrate the rich diversity of india. yes, it has challenges, yes, it has issues, as does every country, but it is a strong democracy, and every religion, every community, has the constitutional protection it deserves. the catastrophe in indiaj could soon spread wider in the region, and globally. it's therefore vital thatl v

and i think most people will find it absolutely bizarre, and of course there's an electoral commissionating this, and i can tell him i conformed in full with the code of conduct and ministers' — the ministerial code, and officials have been kept — have been advising me throughout this whole thing. but i think people will find it absolutely bizarre that he is focusing on this issue. dodgy contracts. jobs for their mates. and, cash for access. and who's at the heart of it? the prime minister. major sleaze, sitting there. don't the british people deserve a prime minister they can trust, rather than a government that is mired in sleaze, cronyism and scandal? this is a government that is getting on with the people's priorities. we are rolling out, what, many more nurses, 10,000 more time last year. 8,771 more police officers on our streets now than there were when i was elected, including tougher sentences, mr speaker, for serious sexual and violent criminals, which he opposed, mr speaker! we're getting on. and by the way, i forgot to mention it, i forgot to mention it. last night, our — ou

and this is serious because now that the electoral commission has taken up the matter, it's going toit sees reasonable grounds for an offence or offences having occurred. that's a very serious statement from the electoral commission, and this story, whether it impacts on the local elections and the mayoral elections on 6th may or not, is probably not going to go away so easily. it could have a medium—term impact, if not long—lasting impact, and therefore, i think there should be reason for concern in the conservative party because it's the party that is now under attack because the investigation will look into the party's conduct as well and can penalise the party if any wrongdoing has been discovered. that said, this may not be the only inquiry because the parliamentary standards commissioner may look at the matter as well. lyse, as you have said, this is now the eighth prime minister and if my maths is right, ashis has reported on from london. you travel internationally constantly. at least, normally, covid aside, you travel constantly. how do you think this compares with the treat

political party of man was asked to leader on some future is being dissolved by the country's electoral commission. and that's according to reports from some of the local media outfits there. not commission, which was appointed by military rulers following february's true accused party of electoral fraud. florence louis is following developments for us from calling them for the military when they took over power in february, it justified its position on the basis of electro fraud. so it's following that line. now, one of the 1st things it did after the coup was detained election commission officials and investigated senior members. then it appointed its people, people who trust it to the election commission body. now there's new genta appointed electron election commission held a meeting on friday and it's chat person said that they've made that division. this was a meeting attended by political parties as well. but many of the pro democracy parties refused to attend. so it was attended mostly by the pro military parties. now the chairperson is non set that the election commission intends to disso

political party of me in laws ousted liter uncensored, she is being dissolved by the countries electoral commission mass, according to reports, from some local media outlets that now the commission, which was appointed by military rulers following the qu on, in february, accused the party of electoral fraud, florence louis is fallen development source from quite louis florence was saying the electoral commissions, dissolving the party. we really saying, however, it's the military. that's right. and it really shouldn't come as a surprise the military, when they took of a power in february, it justified its position on the basis of electro fraud. so it's following that line. now, one of the 1st things it did after the coup was detain election commission officials and investigated senior members. then it appointed its people, people that trust it to the election commission body down. there's new jersey appointed electron election commission held a meeting on friday. and it's chad person said that they've made that decision. this was a meeting attended by political parties as well. but many of the pro

also she is being dissolved by electoral commission. the commission, which was appointed by military voters following february, accused the party of electro from spain says it sent back more than 6500 migrants after i'm huge in flux of people from morocco to its own type of sale, to in mainland africa. on 8000 and to the spanish class this week, madrid accuses morocco of temporarily relaxing its border security, allowing people to enter c a t m o. this is a press conference being given no or press statement being made by the leader of hamas in the light of the attacks on gaza and the subsequent sci fi which went into effect in the early hours of february. let's listen to what he has to say. that this greatness, the basic bravery, fortitude and steadfastness, and so holy most the look and guess what, the praise and glory, god almighty your 1st and foremost as our defiant people should do and rose up and defiance the offending locks on musk thousands of our people in jerusalem by west bank. 1948. 30 toll is the old march. 2 words, some mos

i think it would probably have to be, and this is the way the electoral commission tends to fall, verytraightforward, likely to be a yes or no, and potentially a follow-up referendum of the terms of exit. that is something that has been discussed. guy: as ever, thank you for the analysis. stephanie kelly joining us from edinburgh. let's talk about what is been happening in the markets. the british pound rallying over the back of the election results. jordan rochester joining us now. how does it work? there was this belief that if the s&p did well -- the snp did well, we would see the pound coming under pressure. nevertheless, it didn't, as a result of which we have seen the pound pop today. is it as simple as that? jordan: it is, i guess. it is a little more than i thought. the trace we had ongoing into this weekend was long the pound, short the dollar, as well as long the euro, short the dollar. the message i have been giving to our clients is that this scottish election is noise for the short term. it is not really that tradable. it is a bit more tradable if you have a strong view. i

she is being dissolved while the countries electoral commission, the commission, which was appointed by military rulers. following february's cookies, the party of electro fraud. spain says it sent back more than 6500 migrants after an influx of people crossed into the spanish enclave a suitor in recent days. spain of accused morocco of losing its borders in retaliation for madrid's. decisions with our western sahara and independence leader to seek medical treatment in spain. coby restrictions a back in place and the say shall today following a sharp spike in cases more than 60 percent of the population there is fully vaccinated. but since visitors started returning and march with no vaccination required cases started to rise up. next one, a one east world has been used for you at 10 g. i'll see you said the world of high frequency share trading, exposed. i had this engine that was basically trading. i couldn't last. $30000000.00 was a terrifying experience. artificial intelligence as rates for stakes and risks on the money market. there's markets go faster, faster. we're opening up

she is being dissolved by the electoral commission, the commission, which was appointed by the military rulers following the qu, accused the party of electro fraud up next people and power more news in 30 minutes . we will see you very soon for the moment, but ah, ah ah, the back in 2014 people in power investigators have these really ohms industry had become a world leader in military drone technology, developing surveillance and weapon systems. it's used against palestinians in gaza . having demonstrated the operational effectiveness of these systems, israel then wrecked up billions of dollars in export to other countries in the 7 years since we 1st showed that film israeli drone technology has become ever more sophisticated than deadly. and now the systems are once more been used to target and kill students. what haven't changed or the ethical questions around how these weapons are deployed, which is why we're sharing this episode again. it contains some distressing imagery ah, in the last 5 years, israel has become the world's biggest export of unmanned aerial vehicles with growing

she is being dissolved by the countries electoral commission, the commission, which was appointed by military rulers following the coo and february, accused the party of electro fraud. you are right up to speed with all the top stories up next, the bottom line. i'll have more news on this channel in 30 minutes. i'll see you then. i am sorry, i should be about raising prices a harley down to the government. we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world. we live in time in that says, i don't have a boss. has the task of fixing a war torn economy? counting the cost on al jazeera, i am steve clements, i have a question. is the democratic parties traditionally rock solid support for israel slowly eroding. let's get to the bottom line. ah. when president joe biden got to the white house, he had a long list of priorities that he wanted to tackle. and the palestine israel issue was probably competing for last place on that list. but he always does that open wound of the palestinian israeli conflict has a way of forcing itself onto the world's agenda. and now b

there is an ongoing outstanding investigation into this being done by the electoral commission.hat has still reports. that's certainly not the end of the matter. as you heard and alex's report, labour flagging questions that come with this. the fact that this criticism of borisjohnson this. the fact that this criticism of boris johnson for this. the fact that this criticism of borisjohnson for having been unaware of, not sufficient numbers of questions, and the role of others in this about the cabinet office, what about various other people? i think the questions are probably still going to be asked. i think downing streetjesus is drawing a line. downing street jesus is drawing a line. ., downing street jesus is drawing a line. . , . line. helen, thanks very much. downin: line. helen, thanks very much. downing street _ line. helen, thanks very much. downing street said _ line. helen, thanks very much. downing street said boris - line. helen, thanks very much. i downing street said boris johnson downing street said borisjohnson raised concern —— downing street, i believe, is draw

she is being dissolved by the countries electoral commission commission, which was appointed by military rulers following february's cookies. the party of electrical fraud indians, corona virus, death told, is continuing to rise, but the number of new infections is falling on thursday. one of the countries local vaccine makers and plans to ramp up production and spacing a severe shortage of jobs. those are your headlines up next is the stream on use in certain minutes. i'll see that from talk to al jazeera, we can, the army were attacking ringo, and now they're attacking everyone and me on my do you regret was like, gosh, we listen. absolutely. nigeria with a woman present, it would be great. we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on sir. ah, hi of me. ok, welcome to the screen. we had spoken many times on the show about policing in america, particularly in the context of minorities. today we're going to look at how would you, we imagine the police reimagine policing in the united states were joined by professor phillip ativa, golf. he has some solutions a

it will be quite long - unfortunately because, for one reason, the electoral commission will want atce then let's suppose that yes one, then we are talking about maybe two or three years of transition period of negotiation, because what we do not want in scotland is a rerun of brexit with a deal done at the last minute which not only threaten peace in northern ireland, but also gave a near death experience to the scottish fishing industry. there are a lot of issues over currency, borders and many other things that we must get straight before independence. not like with brexit at one minute to midnight. you are talkin: as at one minute to midnight. you are talking as if — at one minute to midnight. you are talking as if the _ at one minute to midnight. you are talking as if the referendum - at one minute to midnight. you are talking as if the referendum is - at one minute to midnight. you are talking as if the referendum is a - talking as if the referendum is a done deal and is absolutely going to happen. i was suggesting that we had probably got years to go until that can even be res

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there is, of course, an ongoing outstanding investigation into this being done by the electoral commission so, actually, that has still to report, so we'll still hear that. that's certainly not the end of the matter there. and then, as you heard in alex's report there, labourflagging a few of the questions that come with this, you know, the fact that this criticism of borisjohnson for having been unaware of this, not asked sufficient numbers of questions, and certainly, you know, the role of others on this — what about the cabinet office, what about various other people who were involved in this throughout the chain? so i think the questions are still probably going to be asked. i think downing street sees this as drawing a line. downing street has said boris johnson raised "significant concerns" about human rights in hungary when he met the country's leader this afternoon. after the meeting at number 10, viktor 0rban spoke of his friendship" with the prime minister. but he also denied he was anti—semitic and defended his hostility towards immigrants. you should understand, probably, gentl

political party of me and was ousted leader on the future as being dissolved by the countries electoral commission. that's according to reports from some local media outlets. they're not commission which was appointed by military rulers following february as true as accuse the party of electoral fraud for 3 years following the development for us from calling them for the military when they took of a power in february, it justified its decision on the basis of electro fraud. so it's following that line. now, one of the 1st things it did after the coup was detained election commission officials and investigated senior members. then it appointed its people, people that trust it to the election commission body. now there's new jersey to appointed electron election commission held a meeting on friday, and it's chad person said that they've made that decision. this was a meeting attended by political parties as well. but many of the pro democracy parties refused to attend to, was attended mostly by the pro military parties. the, the chairperson is non said that the election commission intends to dissolv

britain's electoral commission announced it would open a formal investigation into whether johnson secretlyocket. tensions and rivalries are nothing new to british politics. joining us now, historian, author, and journalist, simon heffer, he's the author of the new book, "the age of decadence decadence:a history of britain." >> thank you so much for being with us. your book is set up in a way, it reminds me of barbara tuckman's breathtaking introduction to the guns of august. you show the extraordinary pageantry of queen victoria's death, an empire at its height, and yet the fact that there are cracs beginning to show in that foundation. and that is what you study in this book. tell us about that remarkable time and what lessons we can learn from it today. >> well, my book begins in 1880. britain is the most powerful nation on earth. and i think many people believe around the world that british power declines because of the money that we lost in the great war. we bankrupted ourselves in the 1914-'18 war, but in fact our decline began long before that. we were overtaken by both america and g

commissions are more fair. they are more responsive to the voters. they more accurately reflect the electorate in the commission. hr-1 would create commissions in every state. in some ways more important than that, hr-1 would eliminate partisan gerrymandering. it is not accept, it is not legal, and it would create a standard that would check the states and prevent the partisan gerrymandering like you saw in that map in north carolina. so it's incredibly important. we're very supportive and we're very hopeful that the senate can get it done. >> kelly, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you for having me. >>> breaking news off the coast of san diego. at least three people are dead and 27 injured after a boat capsized off the coast of point loma, california. we're told federal agencies are searching the scene by water and by air to make sure they have not missed anyone at this hour, no word on what caused the vessel to capsize. they expect to learn more at a press conference this hour with officials when we do, we're going to bring it to you. >> after a quick break, former u.s. attorney jo

i think if you are looking at the allegations of sleaze, there will be an electoral commission inquiry that might - waters? ithink potentially, ithink the other thing that might happen j waters? i think potentially, i think. the other thing that might happen is mps the other thing that might happen is mstust accept the other thing that might happen is mps just accept that downing street can be quite chaotic and perhaps thatis can be quite chaotic and perhaps that is not such a problem to them if you are getting results like this. ultimately the factional infighting at number ten i think is about more thanjust infighting at number ten i think is about more than just results. tory mps mind a lot less about that as long as they do not think it is affecting them in terms of seats. stephen, what do you make of the elements of the debate, they are early elements, i admit, aboutwhat labour's response should be? we have had some voices already but given what is going on in hartlepool and the trend we have seen elsewhere, where will that labour debate? ilirui’ith where will that labour debate?

electoral college was being counted. that was kind of absurd. first of all, another thing is this commission will be better than the warren commission that told everybody to deviate from anything else but the level status theory. the other thing is, the weapons, many of the people were there on crutches, using them as weapons. they used polls as weapons. one guy had a taser and used it on one of the policeman those were not weapons used in that riot and insurrection. i hope that they get down to it to find out why trump had a rally the same day as the electoral college account. thank you. host: as the debate continues, c-span will remain your source for the commission and a quick reminder that the senate is in session this afternoon. live coverage on c-span2, getting afternoon -- underway this afternoon with the president remarking on the coronavirus vaccine program and a busy week for him as he travels to michigan, connecticut, to meet with the south korean leader on friday and is back at the white house just a short while ago after spending the weekend in delaware . of course, the house he

crisis is now upon us and the commission offered simple solution". the electoralsystem fire no safeguards existet to determine intact and printed front. or to confirm the identity of the voters. voter ids are currently needed to board a plane, enter federal buildings and cash a check preventing us strictly important and despite the bipartisan wisdom including from our former president jimmy carter who i think that no one on this panel would call it racist, democrats are refusing to embrace the solutions of the carter baker commission such as the ready. recent billing congress including hr one and as one would do the opposite of the commission's recommendations bya pending voter id. brought bipartisan support as opposed tojo an electric democrt isn't anyone up by hr one and s-1 have bipartisan opposition but no republican support . also of note, must voter id laws today provide free ids to those who do not have them. so they may vote enjoy other freedoms important in today's society such as boarding a plane and again the vaccination in today's society. as identific

the glass half empty is that more republicans voted against this commission than voted to not seek the electors, right? so things are moving in the wrong direction in terms of the percentage of the republican caucus voting the wrong way on these elemental questions. >> that's a very good point. it is moving in the wrong direction. the last few months have been really bad for the republican party and by extension, really bad for american democracy. i'm old enough to remember when liz cheney won her first vote to stay on in leep. see, there are still republicans willing to do the right thing. within a few months, donald trump won. he got rid of liz cheney. the same thing now. seating the electors is one thing. now four months later, let's not look into the violence that happened that day. on the one hand, it should have been a unanimous vote. it should have been. in an ideal world, every member of congress would want to investigate an attack on coming. as many have pointed out, supporters of al qaeda would not have voted for the 9/11 commission so why should we expect supporters of donald trump a

but the glass half empty is that more republicans voted against this commission them voted to not see the electors. so things are moving in the wrong direction in terms of the percentage of the republican caucus voting the wrong way on these elemental questions. voting >> it's a very good poie you may, chris. it is moving the wrong direction. in the last four months have been really bad for the republican party. by extension really bad for american democracy. i'm old enough to remember when liz cheney won her first vote to stay on in leadership. and every bone celebrated. and everyone said see, there still republicans willing to do the right thing. and the same issue is happening now, as you say. deceiving the electors is one thing. now four months later looking into the violence that happened that day. on the one hand, as congresswoman mcgovern pointed out it should've been unanimous. they should've been, in an ideal world every one of congress would want to investigate that attack on congress. on the other hand, as many of pointed out, if -- supporters of al-qaeda would not have voted for the 9/

government, on a critical day in our history, the day they certify the electoral college results and republicans won't have a bipartisan commission and senator schumer, you can fact check this, it's not a democrat, he's right, the democrats gave the republicans what they asked for and in the senate they told the republicans you vote to advance this bill, we will give you additional changes. tell us what you want, we will give it. the democrats were willing to compromise. the republicans don't want to know. they don't want a committee to find out what trump was doing, what he told kevin mccarthy. who were those people, what were their connections, they don't want to know. >> you're right, john, this was a stark, split screen, you had the president espousing optimism of bipartisanship, the country's path forward and then this vote unfolding on the other side of the screen and i think it's important to step back a little bit and think about the fact that other dark moments in u.s. history, there have been sort of bipartisan efforts to come together after 9/11, for example, there was bipartisan independent commission. we are in a ver

days after the chief of the new genta appointed election commission said her party, the national lead for democracy, which 182 percent of the electorate seats in last year's election would be dissolved and clearly on san sushi is making that remark about her party b existing for as long as people exist in reference to the news that her party would be dissolved. i think she's also probably getting hope and getting some social remains positive because the does continued resistance to the june to you need is a calling for sanctions on bella rose after what they say was the hijacking of a commercial airliner. they accuse bella russo facing a bomb threat to force the plane to land in order to arrest and opposition. journalist palestine is warning that is where the jewish visits to the alex the most compound and occupied in jerusalem, undermining the french, i'll cease fire them. more settled, visits are expected off to the mosque, reopen to visitors on sunday. for mosque workers were arrested and not the most worshippers were restricted. the leader of some is opposition. fast party has been sworn into an ad hoc ceremony that might not even

bipartisan commission to investigate the attack on the capitol by a trump mob on january 6th who said they wanted to hang mike pence to prevent the constitutional process of counting the electoralwould deliver the presidency to joe biden. today mitch mcconnell called the proposal for a bipartisan commission to investigate january 6th, quote, a purely political exercise. and so today was extremely frustrating and disturbing for joe manchin. so, joe manchin went public with a written statement of what he has been saying to republican senators privately. the statement was cosined by democratic senator kiersten cinema. it says we implore to work with us on a commission to examine the events of january 6th. tonight joe manchin is nine republicans short of the ten republicans needed for the bill to clear a 60 vote procedural threshold in the senate. lisa murkowski said today, i'm going to support it. mitt romney said he would support it only if there were significant changes made to the proposal to make it less effective, including putting a december 31st time limit on the investigation. joe manchin was asked by reporters if he would support changing the senate rule on the 60 vote pr

electoral system. that crisis is now upon us. they commission offered a simple solution and the quote, the electoral system cannot inspire public confidence is no safeguards exist to deter and detect fraud or to confirm the identity of voters. photo ids currently are needed to board a a plane, to it or federal buildings and to cash a check. voting is equally important. despite this bipartisan wisdom including from our former president jimmy carter who i think the one on this panel would call a racist, democrats are refused to embrace the solutions of the carter-baker commission such as voter id. recent build in conference include h.r. one and as one would do the opposite of the commission's recommendations by upending requirements across the nation. when i election administration proposal broad bipartisan support is both elected democrats is it any wonder why h.r. one and as one have bipartisan opposition but no republican support? also of note, most of her id lost to the provide free ids to those who do not have them. so that they may vote and

what's the electoral structure in this country look like? you're with the federal election commissionn't have a dog in this fight. we don't run federal elections. this is done at the state and local level. it's for the most part a matter of state law. however, congress can set guidelines and there are bills in congress to set guidelines that would help ensure greater election integrity across the country. i'm almost reluctant to use the term election integrity because that phrase, unfortunately, has been so abused by people who are not seeking integrity, but it appears they are seeking to skew the election results. >> this is an interesting comment you just made, commissioner. i want to put this to you, secretary. commissioner weintraub does not want the undermine the integrity of elections because she believes after observing them that they actually are free and fair. they're becoming unfree and unfair because of activities people are taking after the election, like what's under way in arizona, like what the legal changes we've seen in georgia, what's been proposed in iowa, kansas, m

from the newly appointed chief of the election commission saying that her party, the nationally for democracy or n l d will be dissolved on grounds of electoral fraud. suji remarks, i think is to address that, but also it appears to give us as a state of mind, she appears defiant and unbowed. and also i think it's to give reassurance to has supporters, who no doubt i've been waiting to hear from her that you know that she is behind them and that they should continue the opposition to the military. genta florence. thank you very much. florence louis the join his life from qualon pot. e leaders calling for sanctions against bella ross after what they say was the hijacking of a commercial aircraft loose has been accused the facing a bomb threat to force a passenger jet to land. in order to season opposition journalists, roman protests of which poor brennan joyce's life, he's tracking european reaction. so pull the e a. you clearly shocked that you can allegedly, in effect hijack a civil aircraft full of passengers because you want to get your hands on a journalist that you don't like. the reaction has been frankly done, found that, that the bell

commission was going to be unfair. it doesn't make any sense. >> well, we heard from john thune that the concern was that this was going to spill over into 2022, electoralight, that this is -- there will be far fewer consequences for not endorsing the commission than there would be from getting the answers from this commission? >> well, first of all, i mean there is a way to have the commission make its conclusions known either before the end of this year or to hold the recommendations until after the november 2022 election f2 that's important. that's not really a principle. you can't say well we're afraid of the truth and what the bipartisan commission is going to find and whether or not those facts have voters expressing disapproval with us. that's not -- that's not a principle naked political fear. but even if that were the case, your question is is that calculation the right one. >> yeah. >> that squashing it and killing it, as mitt romney suggested making it look as though you're trying to cover up the truth will be better than actually letting the commission go forward. and i don't know. i think one of the calculations going on here is that nancy

electoral college vote. and to say now we're step away from having an official bipartisan commission, evenly divided commissiond of what happened on that day is a true disappointment. i hope there are enough republican senators still outraged as much as i am at what happened with that insurrectionist mob that they'll push for this to happen despite senator mcconnell. >> you say you hope but you don't really think at this point, do you? >> i really don't know. as chuck schumer said, we'll bring it to a vote. >> what does it tell you if they filibuster it? >> it's disappointing and an indication hough the filibuster is stopping even the most basic thing by a bipartisan commission from getting it done. if it's going to stop essential business for the united states senate, we have to re-evaluate it. >> we've talked a lot about -- a few things that will not happen, i doubt, with bipartisan support at this point. but police reform. tim scott and cory booker, karen bass also are at the table. they expressed optimism. tim scott sees a light at the end of the tunnel. do you have any inside reporting on how close these

electoral fraud. one of the first things it did after the coup was detained election commission officials and investigate senior members. then it appointed its people, people tru it trusted, to the election commission body. the new junta held a meeting on friday and its chairperson said that they made the decision -- this was a meeting attended by political parties as well, but many of the pro-democracy parties refused to attend, so it was attended mostly by pro-military parties. the chairperson said that the election commission intends to dissolve the national league for democracy party. this is a party led by aung san suu kyi and it won 82% of elected seats in last year's election. the chair said that the nld's leaders, he considered them traitors and said that action would be taken. that is as far as we know. no credible election monitoring body has supported the military's claims of electoral fraud. quite the opposite. there are two foreign observer election missions in myanmar and they said that by and large the voting and the results reflected the people's vote. the military did say that when they

the commission, which was appointed by military rulers following february's crew accused party of electoral fraud fines. louise following developments from calling them for the military when they took over power in february, it justified it's position on the basis of electro fraud. so it's following that line. now, one of the 1st things it did after the coup was detained election commission officials and investigated senior members. then it appointed its people, people that trust it to the election commission body. now there's new genta appointed electron election commission held a meeting on friday, and it's chad person said that they've made that decision. this was a meeting attended by political parties as well. but many of the pro democracy parties refused to attend. so it was attended mostly by the pro military parties. now the chairperson is non said that the election commission intends to dissolve the national league for democracy party. this is a party lead by on sushi and it 182 percent of elected seats in last year's election. now the chair also said that b l d 's leaders, were he

chairperson is non set that the election commission intends to dissolve the national league for democracy party. this is a party lead by on sushi and it 182 percent of the electorate seats in last year's election. and the chair also said that the end of these leaders were he considered them traitors, and he said, action would be taken. that's as far as we know now, it has to be said that no credible election monitoring body has supported the military's claims of intellectual fraud. in fact, quite the opposite. they were to foreign election. observe the missions in myanmar during the polls last year. and they both said that by and large, the voting and the results result reflected the people's, when the military did say that when it took over power in february, that it intends to hold an election. but i think from what we're seeing that whatever election, whatever shape this election takes, it's not going to be one that will be free and fast. neural confederates are desperately calling officials in the spanish english suitor concerned their children may have broken across the broader, more than 400 other company minus among 8000 people who tried to swim to european

-- granted their request and issued an order requiring the commission to comply with state law and deactivate the registrations of the electors who had failed to apply within 30 days. that decision was reversed in a three/zero decision. the case then went to the state supreme court. as ranking member bryan steil mentioned, i personally argued that case. our supreme court has a four/three conservative dority. -- majority. the court ruled five/22 affirmed the decision that the voters did not need to be deactivated -- five/two that affirmed the decision that the voters did not need to be deactivated. my time is up. representative butterfield: sophia laken you are recognized for five minutes. sophia: voter list maintenance, when done responsibly, is appropriate and necessary. proper list maintenance requires not only removing ineligible voters but taking care that eligible voters are not erroneously purged. states and counties around the country have engaged in overzealous, sloppy, and poorly executed practices that have removed and disenfranchised edible -- edge eligible -- eligible voters. i would like to highlight a few here.