Aung San Suu Kyi Speaking to the People

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Aung San Suu Kyi Speaking to the People

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday ended a campaign for the National League for Democracy, which is expected to participate in the by-elections scheduled for April 1, in 48 places of the country. The iconic opposition leader was present at two political rallies in the capital of Myanmar, which is a stronghold of the ruling Union Solidarity and Development party, backed by the military, but assured the junta leaders that she was seeking no confrontation with them.

The seats in the parliament were vacated by the representatives of the capital Naypyitaw who assumed governmental positions: president Thein Sein, vice-president Tin Aung Muint Oo, Lower House speaker and agriculture minister.

In a 30-minute speech, she reached out to the military, saying she did not oppose the institution, and that she was seeking no conflict with it. Her father was a general and a martyr for independence of the country.

Expressing hope that the military would attend the party’s meeting in the future, stressing out that the NLD does not compete against the military.

The Nobel laureate said that the international community was watching the democratic path the country has taken, and the correctness of the polls would be indicative of the determination of the regime to continue in the same trend, after decades of abuses against the democratic opposition and of its leader.

President Thein Sein is credited with initiating reforms after decades of military oppression, and with the release of political prisoners. The army ruled with an iron fist since 1962 until last March, when the power was transferred to Sein’s government, made largely of retired officers.

In 1990, the National League for Democracy won elections, but it was denied the right to rule, and was officially banned. Aung San Suu Kyi was imprisoned for the most part of the decade, and was released in 2010, at the pressure of the international community.

Her party boycotted the elections in 2010, and was deregistered only to be registered again, when Thein Sein began his reforms.

Even with the new wind of change blowing some NLD candidates complained that they were harassed and denied to use some venues for their campaign purposes. Aung San Suu Kyi herself had to hold her rallies in plain field, at the outskirts of the capital city, after she was denied the right to use a stadium.

She complained that such actions are projecting a very negative image of the country to the international community. The opposition leader is expected to win a seat in the parliament, as crowds are cheering her throughout the campaign.

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