Five members resigned from National League for Democracy Party of their own accord and sent their letters of resignation to NLD (Headquarters) and authorities concerned on 3 August.
They were: U Tet Toe, U Maung Htay and U Myint Lwin of Hlinethaya Township NLD and Daw Mya Yi and Daw Sein Ngwe of Kyimyindine Town-ship NLD.
In their resignation letters sent to the NLD (Headquarters) and Hlinethaya and Kyimyindine Township Multi-party Democracy General Election Subcommissions, they said they no longer supported acts of the party. That is why they quit the party of their own volition, they said.