In this file photo taken on December 10, 2019, people participate in a rally in support of Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, as she prepares to defend Myanmar at the International Court of Justice in The Hague against accusations of genocide against Rohingya Muslims, in Yangon. - Detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on May 24, 2021 voiced defiance in her first public comments since being held in a coup, vowing her ousted political party would "exist as long as the people exist." - AFP
MOSCOW, May 24 (Bernama): The European Union issued an official statement on Sunday warning Myanmar military against the dissolution of the National League for Democracy (NLD), the party that won the November elections, as such a decision would be a "blatant disregard" for the will of the people, Sputnik reported.
On Friday, Myanmar's Union Election Commission (UEC) announced its plans to dissolve the NLD, headed by former state counsellor (de facto prime minister) Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, for alleged election fraud in the November 2020 general elections.
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