Only about 130 out of over 800 candidates submit their election expenses in Yangon Region

Only about 130 out of over 800 candidates submit their election expenses in Yangon Region
Published 25 November 2020
Nyan Lin Tun

About 130 election candidates in Yangon Region have submitted their expenses in the election campaign to district election sub-commissions in the region till November 24, sources said.

The region has four districts and candidates from eastern districts submitted their election expenses more than those in other districts, according to the  district election sub-commissions.

About 100 of them are from the eastern district, sources said.

“I think there are about 100 candidates who submitted their election expenses and as far as I can tell, they are from the Union Betterment Party and People’s Party,” said Dr Kyaw Soe Win, Chair of the eastern district election sub-commission .

Some candidates in other districts, who submitted their election expenses, are also from those parties.

“There are independent candidates, candidates from the Union Betterment Party and People’s Party, who submitted their election expenses in our district,” said Aung Myat Htwe, Staff Officer of the northern district election sub-commission .

He added there are 17 candidates who submitted their election expenses in the district till November 24.

“Candidates from National League for Democracy (NLD) and Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) haven’t submitted the election expenses yet as they are still preparing to submit it,” he said.

A total of seven candidates submitted their election expenses to the southern district election sub-commission  till November 24 and no candidate from the NLD and USDP are included. They are from the National Unity Party and other parties, said Thein Hlaing, Chair of the southern district election sub-commission .

There are seven candidates, who submitted the election expenses to the western district election sub-commission , and the parties, which are representing them, are not known yet as the list is still checking, said Win Naing, Secretary of the western district election sub-commission.

A total of 801 candidates competed in Yangon Region in the 2020 general election. candidates representing ethnic races are submitted their election expenses to the regional election sub-commission and the rest of the candidates are submitted to the district election sub-commissions.