The Union Solidarity and Development Party will continue to submit letters of objection on a nationwide scale to the Union Election Commission for alleged voter list fraud and malpractices in the 2020 general election, said USDP’s CEC member and Pyawbwe Constituency Lower House MP Thaung Aye.  

Over 100 letters of objection have been submitted so far, and the USDP candidates who ran for the November 8 election in their respective constituencies will be sending letters to objection.  

“We submit our letters of objection every day. There have been over 100. The main reason is unfairness and malpractices. There was vote rigging. All of us are opposing,” Thaung Aye said. 

As per the election bylaw, a letter of objection, if the election was deemed unfair, can be submitted within 45 days after the announcement of a winning parliamentary representative by paying Ks500,000 as a case fee.  

Asked about any plan to show objection nationwide, Thaung Aye said his party will continue submitting letters of objection on a nationwide scale. 

“We will do it in the townships across the country for voter list fraud and malpractices,” he said. 

Section 66 of the respective parliamentary election laws stipulates the 12 points including casting of vote more than once in one constituency or in more than one constituency and impersonation are deemed electoral malpractices. 

The law also states that to decide on electoral objections, the UEC may form an election tribunal consisting of a commission member as chairman and other two commission members or consisting of a commission member as chairman and two suitable citizens who are experts in law 

The UEC announced the results of the 2020 general election held on November 8 from November 5 to 15. So, letters of objection can be filed within 45 days after the announcement. 

The election took place in 1,117 constituencies across Myanmar in which the National League for Democracy won 920 seats and the USDP 71 seats.