{"id":63962,"date":"2015-11-10T20:25:48","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T20:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=699072211c8223ed3b7d963fdb4cbec4"},"modified":"2015-11-10T20:25:48","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T20:25:48","slug":"press-release-burmese-elections-prime-ministers-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=63962","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Burmese elections: Prime Minister&#8217;s statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>In response to the elections in Burma, the Prime Minister said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>These landmark elections are an important step towards democracy in Burma and a triumph for Burmese people, who have clearly voiced their desire for change.<\/p>\n<p>The sight of thousands of people queuing peacefully to exercise their right to vote, many for the first time in their lives, was a moving moment demonstrating the remarkable progress Burma has made in recent years, including since my visit in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>We welcome the view of independent election observers that people turned out in large numbers and calmly cast their votes in a generally well-run polling process, with anonymity of the vote respected.<\/p>\n<p>We urge all parties to work together now for a peaceful and orderly transition as the new government is formed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The UK stands ready to support the people of Burma as they continue to work towards a more democratic and accountable government, including those unable to vote in this election.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Cameron has made a statement following the first free elections in Burma, calling them &#8216;an important step towards democracy&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}