The National League for Democracy has instructed its parliamentary representative-elect who won the 2020 general election to submit the lists of their assets by December, the party and its representatives say. 

“The assets means both movable and immovable assets. Bank accounts may be included as well,” said Monywa Aung Shin, secretary of the NLD’s central information committee.  

 He said lists of assets of the elected parliamentary representatives from the part were also collected after the 2015 election.  The good thing is that those assets lists can be opened for inspection if any complaint comes, he added. 

“Particularly, it is useful for corruption cases. If problems or complaints arise, we can open the lists and take action,” Aung Shin said. 

The instruction issued by the NLD’s central executive committee also stresses the need for spouses and children of the elected parliamentary representatives to submit the lists of their assets. 

“The lists of both movable and immovable assets owned by parliamentary representatives and their spouses and children. Their parents are not included,” said parliamentary representative-elect Kyaw Soe Lin, who won the lower house constituency in Pyigyitagun Township, Mandalay Region. 

Those assets lists have to be sent in sealed envelopes to the party and they will be opened if necessary. 

NLD CEC member Dr Myo Nyunt told the media that after the 2015 election, there were no cases of opening the assets lists.  

The NLD had 886 parliamentary representatives elected in the 2015 general election. Some representatives faced actions or lawsuits for corruption cases. Among them, the case of Taninthayi Region Chief Minister Le Le Maw was well known. She was sentenced to 30 years in prison. 

The NLD won 920 seats in 1,117 constituencies across the country in the 2020 election.