Myanmar’s State Administration Council is looking into the possibility of disbanding Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party, according to a report by Myanmar Now.

The junta-appointed Myanmar election commission chair said on Friday at a meeting in Naypyitaw that the NLD could be disbanded due to “electoral fraud” and party leaders prosecuted as “traitors.”

Thein Soe, the new chair of the Union Election Commission (UEC), said the commission’s scrutiny of voter lists would soon be concluded. After this, the commission plans to prosecute the NLD for the alleged “fraud,” according to a recording of his speech heard and verified by Myanmar Now.

The Military used claims of election fraud as one of the main reasons why they conducted the 1 February coup, arresting Aung San Suu Kyi and many members of her party.

The NLD won the November national election in a landslide. But the junta claims the party was involved in election fraud and irregularities, including inflating voter lists, allowing those without identity cards to cast ballots, and using advance voting to benefit their party. Prior to the coup, the military made a number of requests to the former Union Election Commission to look into the fraud claims but they were repeatedly rebuffed.

Some political analysts claim that even if there was fraud and irregularities, it is unlikely the NLD would have lost the election, given the wealth of support for the party.

According to the Myanmar Now report, Thein Soe reportedly questioned what to do with the NLD if it had conspired to break the law. Should the party be disbanded? Prosecute those individuals who committed these acts as traitors to the country? We will take action accordingly, he said at the Naypyitaw meeting.