The Lady, Aung San Suu Kyi, is the daughter of the "Father of the Country" (Aung San). She is still trying to save the state -- Burma renamed Myanmar by the military junta -- from the generals that rule behind the scenes (Wei Deng Wei on the way/flickr). |
Burma rejects proposal to let Aung San Suu Kyi seek presidency
Burma’s parliament has voted against proposed constitutional
amendments, ensuring that the military’s veto power remains intact and
that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi cannot become president in an election this year.
The Dalai Lama holds poster. |
The legislature ended a three-day debate on Thursday on proposed changes to the 2008 constitution.
The constitution bars the Nobel peace prize winner from seeking the
presidency and gives the military an effective veto over constitutional
amendments. Changes to both those clauses were rejected on Thursday.
General Than Shwe hides in Naypyidaw |
Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) is expected to
make large gains against the ruling Union Solidarity and Development
party in the polls
The NLD swept the last free general election in 1990 but the
then-ruling military junta ignored the results and kept her under house
arrest for years. More
Save the ethnic Rohingya Muslim minority! Sanction Ko Ko (uscampaignforburma.org) |
Aung San Suu Kyi out of prison and off house arrest, working in the Parliament but prevented from ascending to the presidency where she might agitate for real change (AFP). |
(US Campaign for Burma) Ellen Page takes a stand in defense of Buddhist Burma
Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NDL) is expected to make gains against the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party in the polls (U Aung/Xinhua Press/Corbis/AP in Burma). |
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