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| Suu Kyi party to boycott election | |
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| Burma's opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) says it will not take part in the country's first elections in two decades. | |
| An NLD spokesman said the party had decided not to register because of "unjust" electoral laws. | |
| The laws recently announced by the junta required the NLD to expel its detained leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, because she has a criminal record. | |
| The laws also bar all political prisoners from taking part. | The laws also bar all political prisoners from taking part. |
| No date has been set for the elections, but the military has pledged to hold them this year. | |
| Ms Suu Kyi recently said she opposed participation in the polls but that the party should make its own decision. | Ms Suu Kyi recently said she opposed participation in the polls but that the party should make its own decision. |
| NLD spokesman Nyan Win said the party had agreed that it could not participate in the elections under the new laws. | |
| "After a vote of the committee of members, the NLD party has decided not to register as a political party because the election laws are unjust," Reuters news agency quoted him as saying. |