Myanmar Junta Boots PPP Chief Out of Election After Rejecting Appeal

The Myanmar junta’s Union Election Commission (UEC) has rejected an appeal by Thet Thet Khine, People’s Pioneer Party (PPP) chair and a former junta minister, upholding her disqualification from the upcoming election.

“I submitted an appeal, but the UEC has already rejected it. That means I can no longer contest,” she told supporters at a PPP rally in Yangon’s Hlaing Tharyar Township on Friday.

She was disqualified on Oct. 21 under Section 8(d) of the Election Law, which bars candidates with unresolved liabilities to the state or public.