Myanmar President and Suu Kyi Vote Early in Myanmar’s General Election

Langkho officials were traveling through RSCC territory after delivering ballot papers ahead of the November 8 general election when they were injured by gunfire.

US State Department under secretary David Hale asked Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for “a credible, transparent and inclusive election in November”.

The UEC has added parts of Chin State’s war-torn Paletwa Township to its list of no-vote areas, while restoring voting in parts of Rakhine and Shan states.

The head of the NLD’s Naypyitaw chapter discusses the intense electoral battle for control of the capital, campaigning amid COVID-19 and the challenge of military voters.

Numerous unanswered questions have arisen surrounded the way the Union Election Commission is running the November 8 general election.

This week the Arakan Army admitted abducting three ruling party candidates, unsealed advance ballots from the military were rejected, and ethnic parties asked that cancellation areas

The Tatmadaw-backed USDP is getting a pre-election boost in parts of the country as supporters of the defunct UDP throw their weight behind the former ruling party.

Election officials in Yangon have rejected ballots from 58 military personnel, saying they breach electoral law for arriving in unsealed envelopes.

Michael Kyaw Myint has been hit with fresh charges under the Immigration Law during his trial in Mandalay.

While the military chief faced complaints, its proxy party is recycling its old divisive tactics in the campaign, skirting election law prohibitions.