Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) chairperson Khin Yi held an informal meeting with 37 political parties on 5 January at the USDP headquarters in Naypyitaw.

The pro-junta USDP chairperson Khin Yi had not yet held a meeting with other political organizations since he took over the party's chairperson position, so he organized the meeting, said a central executive of the USDP.

"One thing he [Khin Yi] said was to help the nation all around with the power of consolidation. This is his main point," said National United Democratic (NUD) Party leader Sein Win, who attended the meeting.

In addition, some political parties attending the meeting expressed their dismay at the actions of the junta-appointed Union Election Commission.

Khin Yi wrote on his Facebook page that the meeting lasted for more than two hours, and a solution was reached to “help the nation with collective strength”.

A total of 1,171 national, state, and regional seats were contested in the 2020 general election in Myanmar, and the National League for Democracy (NLD) led by State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi won a landslide victory in that election.

On 1 February 2021, Myanmar’s military claimed the results of the election were illegitimate and launched a coup that deposed Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint. The military later annulled the results of the 2020 general election.

The USDP contested almost all the constituencies in the 2020 general election, but won only 71 seats.

Then, in October 2022, there was a change in the top leadership of the USDP, which is currently preparing to contest the election to be held by the junta this year.

The junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has said that it will hold a new election by August this year. But he gave no detailed timeline for the election.

The United Nations Security Council in December 2022 adopted its first resolution on Myanmar in 74 years, demanding an end to violence and the junta to release all political prisoners.