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Security aas ramped up on the way to the Supreme Court in Naypyitaw on Friday as pro-military protestors rallied in the capital (Nyan Hlaing Linn/Myanmar Now)
Naypyitaw braces for huge political storm amid fears top NLD officials will be detained 
Supreme Court hearing petitions against the President and election officials as uncertainty abounds...
Published on Jan 29, 2021
Military representatives arrive at a Union parliament meeting held in May 2019. (Nyan Hlaing Linn / Myanmar Now)
Parliament wrong to reject meeting on election allegations, says military
The military and the USDP have pushed claims of election-rigging since the ruling NLD’s landslide win in November
Jan 16, 2021
Military officials cast advance ballots at the National Defence University in Naypyidaw on November 6. (Nyan Hlaing Linn/Myanmar Now)
Military insists on right to election data in ongoing dispute with UEC
More than a month after the election, the military shows no signs of relenting in its feud with the Union Election Commission
Dec 11, 2020
The USDP holds a press conference at its office on Thanlwin road in Yangon on November 11. (Myanmar Now)
UEC dismisses USDP’s calls for new election
Officials ruled out redoing last week’s election, which delivered a devastating defeat to the military-backed opposition party
Nov 12, 2020
Myint Naing (center) at a press conference in Naypyitaw on November 11 (Nyan Hlaing Lin / Myanmar Now)
Election commission says final results due by Sunday, calls USDP demand to hold vote again ‘deluded’ 
Commission invited USDP to make a legal complaint but said the NLD has won most seats declared so far
Nov 12, 2020
An NLD candidate canvasses in Mong Kung township on September 9. (Sai Tsai Wan/Facebook) 
Parties protest cancelation of vote in Mong Kung
The decision to call off polling in the southern Shan township will disenfranchise nearly 60,000 people
Nov 2, 2020
Zaw Htay addresses a press conference in Naypyitaw on Thursday (Nyan Hlaing Lin/Myanmar Now)
Arrested UDP chair ‘illegally’ received $12m from China, says President’s Office 
The government will ask the election commission to investigate whether party used illegal money to fund its activities
Oct 15, 2020
The mVoter 2020 app (Photo: Kyaw Lin Htoon/Myanmar Now)
Donors come under fire again after distancing themselves from controversial election app
Activists accuse donors of obscuring their role in developing the mVoter 2020 app, in a move they say shows a total disregard for transparency.
Oct 6, 2020
The grenades appear to have been lobbed into the residence’s compound from the street (Photo: Supplied)
Two unexploded grenades found at election official’s Naypyitaw home
The attack came soon after the election commission rejected a request to postpone Myanmar’s November 8 poll
Sep 21, 2020
A Mosque in Yangon near Sule. (Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima)
Will there be any Muslim MPs in Myanmar’s Parliament?
On Nov. 8, Myanmar will go to the polls in what has been billed as the first free and fair parliamentary election in 25 years, yet the marginalisation of the Muslim community has left...
Oct 16, 2015