The move comes as the military is fighting to crush ethnic minority armies and resistance movements across Myanmar as hostilities worsen.
The hugely popular Nobel laureate Suu Kyi, 77, is among scores of NLD members jailed since the coup and is serving 33 years for multiple counts of corruption, a breach of a state secrets law and incitement, among other crimes.
"It doesn't matter whether they say our party is dissolved or not. We are standing with the support of people," Tun Myint told Reuters. "The political parties who respect the wishes of the people did not register," said its spokesperson Kyaw Zaw.to restore democracy. The election would return Myanmar to the quasi-civilian democratic system that experts say the military can control with the NLD out of the picture.
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