Narinjara News, 8 March 2022

The Union Election Commission of Myanmar (UEC) summoned the Arakan League forDemocracy (ALD) for some investigation purposes, but the party has decided notto go to Naypyidaw for the process of vetting, said party spokesman Myat Tun.

UEC has summoned other  political parties of Myanmar as well for the investigationregarding various party affairs.
"If the UEC wants to demolish our party (ALD), it can do so. But we cannotgo to Naypyidaw to be interrogated by them. However, if a UEC team comes to ourparty office at Kyauktaw, it will be better,” he added.

The election commission plans to investigate the party’s fund policies and alsotheir expenditures along with other documents. The ALD is asked to appear inthe UEC office on 10 March.

Dr Tin Mar Aung, a Taungup township based ALD leader who fought  2020 nationalelections as a party nominee, informed that all party members supported themove  to not comply with UEC summons.

Formed in 1989, the ALD contested in 1990 national elections and won 11 seatsin Rakhine State. It was dissolved in 1992 but regrouped in 2012 again.

In 2014, the ALD was merged with the Rakhine Nationalities Development Party(RNDP) to form the Arakan National Party (ANP), but  later it did not workand the ALD was re-established as an independent political party.