CNI News

3 July 2024

As the Arakan National Party (ANP) was found to be inconsistent with the provisions of Section 7 of the Political Parties Registration Act, the party's application for registration was rejected, announced the Union Election Commission (UEC) on 1st July 2024.

According to the verification replies of the relevant ministries in relation to the ANP's application to be registered under the Section 25 of the Political Parties Registration Act, the party was found to be inconsistent with the provisions of Section 7 of the Political Parties Registration Act, said in the statement.

While seeing the statement that has refused the ANP's rights to establish a political party

According to the decision of the Union Election Plenary Session (11/2024), the UEC refused the ANP's application for the party registration in form (g) of the bylaw of the political parties registration and the UEC was verifying the rest parties that has applied for the party registration, reported the UEC.

The ANP is a party with strong public support in Rakhine State and a big party that won with the most votes in the 2015 general election and in the 2020 byelection within Rakhine State.

Refusing the application of the ANP with strong public support for registration was questionable for the survival of democracy and the ability to hold multi-party democratic elections, pointed out some people.