The President and Union Ministers do not need to resign from their posts if they want to compete in the 2020 Election, said Myint Naing, members of the Union Election Commission (UEC) yesterday.
On June 24, the UEC met political parties and those involved in the electoral sector, at the election sub-commission office in Yangon Region.
“According to Section 7 (b) of the Union Government Law, the President and Union Ministers don’t need to quit their jobs if they want to run for a seat in the election. They can start their canvassing campaigns as soon as the UEC announces the election day. In the 2015 election, the ministers and vice-president conducted their canvassing campaigns without resigning from their jobs. It is enshrined in the law,” Myint Naing added.
“Most of ministers ran for the seats in the 2015 Election without quitting their posts. As far as I know, former vice-President Sai Mauk Kham, former vice-President Nyan Tun and MP Myint Maung are among them. Some were re-elected. For instance, Tin Naing Thein and Than Htay resigned from their posts to perform the party’s duties, but to run for the election,” he added.
The UEC has not fixed the election date yet and announced the by-elections in 2017 and 2018 six months ahead, he said.
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi who is also the chair of the NLD and President U Win Myint who is vice-chair of the NLD, will run for the seats in the 2020 Election, said Dr. Myo Nyunt, the spokesperson of the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) on June 8.
