Mantong Township has over 130 villages and the Ta'ang party has been travelling to the villages with motorcycles due to the bad road conditions in the township. During the monsoon, some of the roads could only be travelled by foot which has meant that the Ta'ang (Palaung) National Party has only been able to campaign in 22 villages so far.

“We explained the Ta’ang party’s task in details. We explained to them about what to do to prevent the loss of their voting rights. We explained the voting process in detail in each village. We met with respective ward and village commissions and told them what they should do to check whether the voter list is correct or not. We explained to the residents why they should vote for us,” said Daw Nan Moe from the Ta'ang (Palaung) National Party, who is running for a seat in the Lower House.

According to the Ta’ang party, the local residents are still afraid and the USDP had told the public that their party is the same as the Ta’ang party so this may cause confusion among the public. “The campaign has gone off without a hitch. In the rural area, some residents don’t know anything and some are afraid so they didn't come to attend the rallies. When we campaigned in the rural areas, the residents told us that the USDP said their party is the same as the Ta’ang party. Actually, they should have tried to explain this to the public instead of creating confusion,” said Daw Nan Moe.

The Union Election Commission announced that people that were not included in the updated voter list can vote with recommendations from their respective village and ward administration. Although the Ta’ang Nationalities Party has requested that the Mantong Township Election Commission release an announcement via respective wards and village administrations to let the public know that they can still vote even though the voter list is incorrect, but the commission replied that it can only do so after receiving orders from higher authorities.

Daw Nan Moe says that there continues to be serious problems with the voting list in Mantong Township.  “In Mantong Mankan, the voter list is correct for only 30 out of 300 people. The name of a person who died 60 years ago has been included. All the villages we have visited have incorrect voter lists. I’m worried about threats made against the villagers during the election period. The villagers are afraid, especially of Burmese people. They placed ward and village commission in each village. I’m worried about lies and threats being made against the residents on Election Day and the commissions doing manipulation. Every village we have visited told us the voter list is wrong. It’s very difficult to send the voting results to the township commission due to bad transportation. If the ward and village administration say the residents can’t vote due to an incorrect voter list, the entire village won’t cast their votes,” she added.