Myanmar grants candidates to begin campaign for general election

Myanmar's Union Election Commission has allowed parliamentary candidates to begin campaigning for the upcoming general election set for November 8, according to an announcement of the commission published Thursday.

The electioneer is also granted to candidates who are cabinet members, deputy ministers, and heads of other governmental bodies, it said.

The commission has urged political parties to submit the list of their respective nominated parliamentary candidates in terms of levels of the parliament and constituencies from July 20 to August 8 to compete in the election and approval will be made after scrutiny.

The election is to choose representatives to the next term of the parliament, which will form a new government with a five-year term next year.

The commission, which is compiling the basic voters list for the election, has designated a total of 1,171 constituencies across the country for the vote at four levels of parliament representatives with 330 constituencies set for election of the House of Representatives (Lower House), 168 constituencies for the House of Nationalities (Upper House), 644 constituencies for Region or State Parliament and 29 constituencies for Region or State Parliaments for National Races.