1.U Kyaw Soe Khaing, who lives in Kabo Village, Kabo Village Tract, TadaU Township, Kyaukse District in Mandalay Region, cast his votes at polling station No 1 in Kabo Village and then he voted again at polling station No 1 in Kya Swel Village. It was found that he voted twice.

1.The National Reconciliation and Peace Centre is making strenuous effort into national reconciliation, Union peace, democratic reform and establishment of a federal Union. The four sessions of Union Peace Conference—21st Century Panglong have been held, and agreements have been made on the implementation of phase by phase concrete work plans for building a Democratic Federal Union in the post-2020. Informal meetings were also held with ethnic armed organi-zations in the post-conference.

1.U Jue Ni (a) U Tun Myint was found guilty of casting his ballot with his fake seal without using the actual seal issued by the Union Election Commission when the officials of election sub-commission conducted advance voting at the house of U Aung Than, who lives in Aung Zeya street of No (4) Ward, Pathein Township, Ayeyawady Region on 31-10-2020.

1.The Union Election Commission is managing the successful holding of 2020 General Election on 8 November in line with the COVID-19 preventive guidelines, and working for the voting of all eligible voters in the respective townships including in the areas under the stay-at-home order due to the spread of this disease.

1. The 2020 General Election will be held on 8 November, and the voting processes will be conducted in accordance with COVID-19 preventive measures.

Republic of the Union of Myanmar President’s Office Order 27/2020

Republic of the Union of Myanmar

Union Election Commission

Announcement (189/2020)

The Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) has been testing people who come to Nay Pyi Taw for COVID-19 at its laboratories in the capital.

1. The Union Election Commission has already issued Directive (1/2014) on 1 July 2014 on the conduct of political rallies and political campaigns, with respect to the rights of Hluttaw representative candidates of political parties and independent Hluttaw representative candidates, who have been officially approved as Hluttaw representative candidates by relevant election sub-commissions in accordance with relevant electoral laws and by-laws, after they have submitted their applications to compete in the respective constituencies of the respective Hluttaws, to ensure free and fair elections in accordance with the law.

1. The Ministry of Health and Sports has recorded 181 confirmed cases of local transmissions of COVID-19 in Rakhine State, and has found the related cases have reached other regions and states.