Burma rejects proposal to let Aung San Suu Kyi seek presidency
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Version 0 of 1. 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 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. 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. |