Myanmar junta to dissolve Suu Kyi’s NLD party, step up security at China border
- The military-backed Union Election Commission said the party would be disbanded due to allegations of fraud during last year’s polls
- In recent days insurgents in Kachin and Shan States have targeted trucks carrying fuel imported from China
Myanmar Now said the decision was made during a meeting with political parties that was boycotted by many parties including the NLD.
The election fraud conducted by the NLD was illegal “so we will have to dissolve the party’s registration”, the chairman of the junta-backed Union Election Commission (UEC), Thein Soe, was cited in the report as saying.
“Those who did that will be considered as traitors and we will take action,” said Thein Soe.
“The announcement that the junta’s obedient electoral commission is banning the National League for Democracy is a blatantly undemocratic attempt to prolong military rule in defiance of the people,” Dr Sasa, spokesman and minister in the pro-democracy national unity government, said.
A spokesman for the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party said it had representatives at the meeting and he was not aware of the outcome.