Myanmar election authorities have disqualified two more opposition party candidates, saying they did not meet citizenship requirements under the country’s election statutes, RFA reported.

The Union Election Commission removed Hla Win, a candidate from the Democratic Party For a New Society (DPNS) party in Yangon’s Thingangyun township, and Hnin Wai, a candidate from the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development (USDP) party in Kayah state’s Mese township, while the men were campaigning for the Nov. 8 nationwide elections.

The East Yangon District Election Sub-commission notified Hla Win of his removal from the candidate list because his father did not have a National Verification Card (NVC) when he was born. The documents are part of the government’s effort to register members of the minority group, though they do not confer citizenship, the report said.