Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi
called on her party Sunday to push for a land
slide victory at crucial elections expected later
this year as she celebrated her birthday with
supporters,,
The comments came after the Nobel Peace
Prize winner who turned 70 on Friday cut
birthday cake alongside fellow National league
for Democracy Iuminaries during an official
celebration at a restaurant famed for being a
dissident meeting place,
Mynamar is expected to hold its first nation
vote in a quarter of a century sometime in
October or November with many expecting
Suu Kyi 's NLD sweep the board if the poll
are free and fair,
Her comments underscore the long rad to
electoral success the NLD still faces even
though military rule has given way to a
quasi-reformist government promising clean
polls,
Under Myanmar 's current constitution
a quarter of parliamentary seats are still
served for unelected soldiers ,
Meanwhile Suu Kyi is barred from becoming
president under a rule that exclude those with
foreign spouses and children ,a provision seen
as aimed directly at Suu Kyi,whose two sons
are British,
Technically Suu KYi has yet t decide whether
the ND will even contest the polls On Saturday
she said a decision would be made shortly
The NLD are currently holding a two day annual
conference ,which has been dominated by
discussion on the election,
Around 300 supporters gathered outside the Royal
Rose restaurant,a popular NLD meeting pace close
to the city's towering Show Dagon pagoda.
Khin Win 77 left her home at 3 am for a chane to see
Suu Kyi ,who arrived for the celebration dressed
in a traditional blue sarong
AFP
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