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Graphic by Moe Htet Hlyan/Myanmar Now 
New parties founded by former Suu Kyi allies suffer bruising defeats 
The People’s Pioneer Party and the People’s Party failed to win any seats or even beat the USDP for...
Published on Nov 11, 2020
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PPP chair Thet Thet Khine faces landslide defeat
The People’s Pioneer Party has yet to report a victory anywhere in the country
Nov 9, 2020
PPP supporters put party flags and stickers on vehicles on September 12 (Sai Zaw/Myanmar Now)
The PPP, a party of NLD defectors, military men, and ultranationalists 
The People’s Pioneer Party seeks ‘national reconciliation’ with the Tatmadaw, but takes a less conciliatory stance on minorities
Nov 4, 2020
Photo : Nyan Hlaing Lin/Myanmar Now
USDP and PPP rally in Naypyitaw as campaign season enters final month
Hundreds of supporters of the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and the nationalist People’s Pioneer Party (PPP) gathered in Naypyitaw on Thursday morning...
Oct 8, 2020
Naing Thu Latt was deeply involved with the now-dissolved ultranationalist Ma Ba Tha group (Myanmar Now)
People’s Pioneer Party hides hardline nationalist politics beneath progressive veneer
Myanmar’s first openly gay candiate is running for the party, but PPP’s links to extremist monks suggest it is not as progressive at it seems
Sep 17, 2020
Myo Min Htun, Myanmar’s first openly gay MP candidate, at his home in Mandalay on September 9 (Yan Moe Naing/Myanmar Now)
Myanmar’s first openly gay MP candidate vows to stand up to police abuse of LGBT people
‘We don’t set boundaries’ says vice-chair of party that approved Myo Min Htun’s candidacy
Sep 11, 2020