"MAWLAMYINE-BASED All Mon Region Democracy Party will contest 50 constituencies in Mon and Kayin states at the November 7 general election, the party?s leader said earlier this month. The party has opened branch offices in Ye, Thaton, Kyaikhtiyo, Balugyun, Thanbyuzayat and Mudon townships and plans to expand into other areas of Mon State before the election, said U Naing Ngwe Thein, the party?s 72-year-old chairman. ?We will select candidates who are eager to work for the betterment of their constituency,” he told The Myanmar Times in Mawlamyine. ?We consider two other points when selecting candidates: that they are in a township we can win and that they observe the party?s policies.” The majority of the party?s candidates will stand in Mon State, but it will also contest Pyithu Hluttaw, Amyotha Hluttaw and Kayin State Hluttaw constituencies in Hpa-an and Kawkareik townships in Kayin State..."