Supporters of the National League for Democracy wearing face masks take part in an election campaign rallly, amid the COVID-19 spread, in Yangon, Myanmar on Sep 10, 2020. YANGON: From a quarantine centre in northern Myanmar, aspiring lawmaker Maw Htun Aung, wearing a bright yellow surgical mask, lays out his plan for an upcoming general election in a Facebook broadcast.
“I want to listen to their voices, expectations. I want to answer their questions and explain to them in person,” he said. The parliamentary term is constitutionally bound to end on Jan 31 and if no election is held before then it would be without a legislature, raising the possibility of a constitutional crisis.Myanmar’s electoral agency said it would increase the number of polling stations to prevent overcrowding but it has given few other details about measures it is taking. A spokesman did not answer calls seeking comment.
It is a far cry from the jubilant rallies during the 2015 election campaign that brought the NLD to power, the first civilian government in half a century. In places where the internet is limited or curbed, including Rakhine State, where authorities restricted access while government troops battle ethnic minority insurgents, little campaigning is going on.
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