This story gives you some idea of how unpopular the current government is.
Soe Myint, a regional parliamentary candidate for Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy in Sagaing, died on November 6 while on the campaign trail. He collapsed while on stage.
A report in Frontier Myanmar at the time said that his death meant the seat would mean an automatic loss.
Voters in his township didn’t care.
At the polls two days later they picked him over the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party candidate, News Watch Journal reported.
Soe San Thet Htun, the lower house candidate for the NLD from the same township in Sagaing, told the newspaper that the late Soe Myint picked up 22,000 votes, while the USDP’s choice received less than 8,000, coming in second.
“We lost the one who is helpful for our party and I am so sorry for that,” he said.
The NLD is winning the overwhelming majority of seats in this election, and Suu Kyi told the BBC today she believes they have more than the required two-thirds of seats to form a government and nominate a president.
Photo of Soe Myint / Facebook / Burma Top News
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