UEC Announcement: Action For Electoral Fraud And Lawless Actions

Union Election Commission (UEC) made an announcement on the 15th of November 2021 on taking action against those who participated in electoral fraud and lawless actions in the 2020 Multiparty Democracy General Election.

The Announcement states that the Union Election Commission prosecuted 16 people, including former president U Win Myint, ex-State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, former UEC chairman U Hla Thein, former Union Minister at the Union Government Office U Min Thu, former UEC members U Myint Naing and U Than Htay, former Mandalay Region Chief Minister Dr. Zaw Myint Maung and former Nay Pyi Taw Council Chairman Dr. Myo Aung who were involved in electoral processes, election fraud and lawless actions in the 2020 Multiparty Democracy General Election, according to the findings, on 15 November 2021, for violating the existing laws in assigning the election sub-commissions, supporting in committing such doings, threatening the officials of respective sub-commissions to commit an act of obstruction while performing his duties under the existing law regarding the military polling booths, threatening the respective sub-commissions in conducting advance voting processes for the people aged 60 and above, misusing the authority in election for having signatures of respective ward/village-tract administrators by force to put the lists of voters who have no right to cast votes under the respective Hluttaw election law and rules in the voters lists, interference in election campaign for the winning of the NLD party and adding the names in the voter lists until 7 November 2020, just one day before the election.

The Union Election Commission has annulled the 2020 Multiparty Democracy General Election results and taken action against those who participated in the electoral fraud and lawless actions with the aim of preventing a free and fair election by violating the existing laws and relevant Hluttaw election laws.