EU denounces NLD dissolution proposal

24 May 2021
EU denounces NLD dissolution proposal
National League for Democracy party headquarters in Yangon. Photo: AFP

The European Union on Sunday denounced a proposal by Myanmar's junta-appointed election commission to dissolve the National League for Democracy (NLD), which overwhelmingly won the general election in November, Reuters reported.

"If the Commission were to proceed with this proposal, it would show yet again the junta's blatant disregard for the will of Myanmar's people and for due legal process," a spokeswoman of the EU's executive Commission said in a statement.

On Friday, media cited the chairman of the junta-appointed Union Election Commission (UEC), Thein Soe, as saying the panel would have to dissolve the NLD for committing vote fraud in the November election.