Myanmar Junta Proxy Party Dominates Rakhine Elections

Ethnic Rakhine politicians suffered heavy defeats to the military’s proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) in the junta-controlled election on December 28, according to local sources.

Despite their pre-election confidence, veteran politicians Dr. Aye Maung of the Arakan Front Party (AFP) and U Ba Shein of the Rakhine Nationalities Party (RNP) failed to secure seats in the Upper House first-past-the-post poll.

Voting was held in the junta’s last three remaining strongholds in Rakhine, where 14 out of 17 townships have been captured by the Arakan Army.