If there are any shortcomings in the advance voting, they can be resolved with the Union Election Commission (UEC) and the commission will handle it transparently, said Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Htun, spokesman for the National Defence and Security Council (NDSC).

Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Htun made the remarks while meeting with the media after Acting President Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Chairman of the State Security and Peace Commission (SSPC), and officials inspected polling stations in some townships in Yangon that were included in the second phase of the general election held on January 11.

“Everything cannot be done secretly. It must be done transparently. However, I have seen some shortcomings. When the candidates were called to come to see the voting, some did not come. There were some things that they said without coming. However, this is what I have seen. I am not saying it unilaterally. However, there may be shortcomings. If there are any, they can resolve them with the commission. They can talk to the commission. Everything will be handled transparently,” Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Htun said.

He also added that he hopes that when an elected government comes to power after the elections, international relations will become more open and more international investments will flow in.

"We have faced some restrictions on international relations right now. We are not an elected government, so there are restrictions. But there are people who are making contact with us. We have many friendly countries. For example, with neighboring countries, Myanmar is making a close relationship with them. We really treat each other like close friends. After this election, international relations will be more open and visible because the restrictions mentioned earlier will be reduced. I hope that more investment will come in. Along with this, I believe that economic opportunities will be more open for our citizens," said Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun.

International observation teams visited the election and praised the high voter turnout, the fact that the voting machines were tamper-proof, and the love of democracy of the Myanmar people, Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun said.

"The international perspective is that international observation teams came to the first election. They studied it thoroughly. To summarize what they said, number one is that they did not even think that Myanmar would not be held the election successfully. They did not think that there would be so many voters’ turnout. When they went to see it, they saw people lining up to vote. That is why they were surprised. Another thing is that when they studied the voting machines themselves, they found that the voting machines were transparent. They said that the voting machines could not be cheated. They also praised the love of democracy of our people," he said.

Similarly, in the first and second phases of the election, the people's voting was encouraging and he thanked all those who were interested in the election, including the people who voted, the polling station supervisors, and those who helped the people vote.

"It was very encouraging to see the people voting in phase 1 of the election. This is not a victory for the government but a victory for the people. It is the victory for people who want democracy and peace. In phase 2, the Acting President Senior General Min Aung Hlaing himself inspected the polling stations. He saw that people were casting votes very actively. The Senior General himself met with the people and asked questions. When he asked the voters that the paper came out as they press it, they said yes. This is transparent. Now, some people in my country are talking about voting. There are those who are urging people not to vote. There are also those who are opposing it. No matter what you say, establishing a democratic system must go through elections. What I want to say today is to thank all the people who came and voted with their hearts, and then all those who supervised the polling stations, all those who helped, including the security personnel, for working so that the people could vote peacefully," said Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Htun.