Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi “purged” his party of all Muslims candidated ahead of election.
Myanmar’s main opposition party of the Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, deliberately bypassed Muslim candidates ahead of the November election.
Replying on the topic, the source said Suu Kyi ordered an “Islamic purge” in the National League for Democracy (NLD) to appease growing anti-Muslim sentiments and hoping in better electoral results.
Not a single of the NLD’s 1,151 candidates standing for regional and national elections is Muslim, despite there being around 5 million Muslims – 4-10% of the population – in the country.
There are also no Muslim candidates in the military-backed, governing UnionSolidarity and Development Party (USDP) running in what has been billed as the country’s first free and fair general election in 25 years.
In the run-up to the vote, local election commissions systematically rejected the Muslim candidates, denying that their parents were citizens. According to some sources, the so-called “muslims of Myanmar” are simply Bengali illegal migrants.