There are more than 50 political parties that have applied for party registration to the military coucil’s Union Election Commission (UEC) in order to run in the next election that the military council is attempting to hold, according to the junta-controlled propaganda newspaper. The Shan State Kokang Democratic Party (SSKDP), the Naga National Party, the 88th Generation
Following the Myanmar junta’s banning of 40 legitimate political parties prior to its discredited elections, Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) has called for sanctions against Myanmar to be properly and quickly implemented.
The military council has yet to announce the date of the election, but there are up to 63 political parties that have applied for party registration with the junta’s Union Election Commission (UEC) to run the upcoming election. There are 12 parties that will organize nationwide and 51 parties that will organize only within a region or state, and the UEC announced on March 28
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Myanmar’s junta has chosen a path of “total self-destruction” by disregarding the will of the people in a bid to legitimize its power grab, an official with the deposed National League for Democracy (NLD) said Tuesday, in response to an announcement annulling the country’s 2020 election results.
Late on Monday, the military-appointed Union Election Commission (UEC) said it had thrown out the tally from Myanmar’s Nov. 8 poll, which was won in a landslide by Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD party, claiming that more than 11.3 million ballots—representing nearly one-third of the country’s registered voters—had been discounted due to fraud and other irregularities.
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Deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party and other groups in Myanmar’s pro-democracy camp are shunning a meeting on Friday of an election commission set up by the military junta that overthrew the government, with one party condemning the army regime for having “rejected the democratic path chosen by the people.”
The coup led by military commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing that arrested Aung San Suu Kyi and ousted her National League for Democracy (NLD) government on Feb. 1, citing electoral fraud, said it would hold elections in a year.
However, the junta has been widely rejected in the multi1ethnic country of 54 million people, drawing widespread street protests, teacher and doctor strikes, and armed resistance in several ethnic states in border areas. The army has killed more than 800 civilians in heavy-handed crackdowns on protesters.
NLD Files Fraud Cases Against 17 Successful Candidates in Myanmar’s Election
NLD Files Fraud Cases Against 17 Successful Candidates in Myanmar’s Election
National League for Democracy vice-chair Dr. Zaw Myint Maung at a press conference on Dec. 29 in Naypyitaw. / Thiha Lwin / The Irrawaddy
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By Htun Htun 30 December 2020
Yangon — The National League for Democracy (NLD) has filed complaints against 17 candidates, of whom 14 are from the military’s proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), that won in the Nov. 8 general election, according to the party’s vice-chair Dr. Zaw Myint Maung.
The party will provide legal support to its candidates who face charges, he said.