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| Aung San Suu Kyi Seeks Meeting With Myanmar’s Military | Aung San Suu Kyi Seeks Meeting With Myanmar’s Military |
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| YANGON, Myanmar — Fresh from her party’s apparent landslide victory in nationwide elections, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar’s democracy movement, has asked the commander of the country’s powerful military for a meeting on the basis of “national reconciliation.” | YANGON, Myanmar — Fresh from her party’s apparent landslide victory in nationwide elections, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar’s democracy movement, has asked the commander of the country’s powerful military for a meeting on the basis of “national reconciliation.” |
| In a letter released by her party on Wednesday, Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi affirmed the election victory, which has yet to be officially endorsed by the country’s election commission. She requested a meeting with Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the commander in chief of the military, for next week, adding “whenever convenient.” | In a letter released by her party on Wednesday, Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi affirmed the election victory, which has yet to be officially endorsed by the country’s election commission. She requested a meeting with Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the commander in chief of the military, for next week, adding “whenever convenient.” |
| “It is crucial for the dignity of the nation that the people’s will, which was shown in the election of Nov. 8, be truly implemented in a peaceful and stable manner,” she wrote in the letter, which was dated Tuesday. | “It is crucial for the dignity of the nation that the people’s will, which was shown in the election of Nov. 8, be truly implemented in a peaceful and stable manner,” she wrote in the letter, which was dated Tuesday. |
| She sent similar letters to President Thein Sein and other senior officials. | She sent similar letters to President Thein Sein and other senior officials. |
| Winning a majority in both houses of Parliament, which political analysts say they believe the party achieved in the election on Sunday, would give her party control over both the legislative and executive branches of government. The president will be elected by the Parliament early next year. | Winning a majority in both houses of Parliament, which political analysts say they believe the party achieved in the election on Sunday, would give her party control over both the legislative and executive branches of government. The president will be elected by the Parliament early next year. |
| But the police, army and large parts of the bureaucracy will stay under the military’s direct control. Analysts say the key to a functioning government will be cooperation between Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi and the military. | But the police, army and large parts of the bureaucracy will stay under the military’s direct control. Analysts say the key to a functioning government will be cooperation between Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi and the military. |
| General Min Aung Hlaing did not immediately reply to the request for a meeting. | General Min Aung Hlaing did not immediately reply to the request for a meeting. |
| However, Mr. Thein Sein said through a spokesman that “both parties shall discuss having a dialogue” after the election commission announced the final results of the vote. | However, Mr. Thein Sein said through a spokesman that “both parties shall discuss having a dialogue” after the election commission announced the final results of the vote. |
| The departing speaker of the lower house of Parliament, Thura Shwe Mann, suggested that he was open to the meeting, saying on his Facebook page that he wished to “work together to build a stable, peaceful and developed country.” Mr. Shwe Mann lost his seat in Parliament in the election. | The departing speaker of the lower house of Parliament, Thura Shwe Mann, suggested that he was open to the meeting, saying on his Facebook page that he wished to “work together to build a stable, peaceful and developed country.” Mr. Shwe Mann lost his seat in Parliament in the election. |
| The military-drafted Constitution prohibits Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi from serving as president, but she has rankled the ruling party, which is the political arm of the military, by saying she would serve above the president. | The military-drafted Constitution prohibits Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi from serving as president, but she has rankled the ruling party, which is the political arm of the military, by saying she would serve above the president. |
| “The president will be told exactly what he can do,” she told a television interviewer on Tuesday. “I make all the decisions, because I am the leader of the winning party.” | “The president will be told exactly what he can do,” she told a television interviewer on Tuesday. “I make all the decisions, because I am the leader of the winning party.” |
| But she also sent signals that she was not out for revenge. She told another interviewer: “We are not going in for vengeance, and we are not going in for a series of Nurembergs.” | But she also sent signals that she was not out for revenge. She told another interviewer: “We are not going in for vengeance, and we are not going in for a series of Nurembergs.” |
| She added that she would “uphold the parts of the Constitution that are good.” | She added that she would “uphold the parts of the Constitution that are good.” |
| The Constitution was written by the generals who have ruled Myanmar for most of the last 50 years and was devised for them to retain significant power even in the case of electoral defeat. | The Constitution was written by the generals who have ruled Myanmar for most of the last 50 years and was devised for them to retain significant power even in the case of electoral defeat. |
| By Wednesday evening, the commission had announced official results for 232 of the 491 seats contested in Sunday’s election. Of those, Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, the National League for Democracy, won 211 and the ruling party won 12. | |
| There are 664 seats in the two houses of Parliament; the military appoints 166 of them. | |
| The commission also announced that Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi had been re-elected to her seat, which was expected given the almost divine reverence that she commands across the country. |