NLD Sues Chief of Myanmar Military Proxy Party for Using Inflammatory Rhetoric Ahead of Election USDP chairman U Than Htay. / Thiha Lwin / The Irrawaddy 3.1k By Thiha Lwin 28 December 2020 NAYPYITAW—The National League for Democracy (NLD) has filed a complaint with the Union Election Commission (UEC) against Union Solidarity and Development Party chairman U Than Htay, accusing him of soliciting votes on racial and religious grounds ahead of the Nov. 8 general election. U Than Htay won a Lower House seat representing Naypyitaw’s Zayarthiri Township in the election. “[U Than Htay] spoke of religious and racial issues at his rallies during the campaign period. And there were other cases. So, we have filed complaints in line with the election law in response to those incidents,” said U Thet Htwe, a representative of the NLD’s candidate for Zayarthiri, Dr. Moe Swe, who filed the complaint with the UEC.