Aung San Suu Kyi's against NLD running in elections
Yangon (AsiaNews / Agencies) - Aung San Suu Kyi is opposed to the registration of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the Electoral Commission, in short preventing it from participating in the general elections scheduled to take place between October and November 2010. The leader of the opposition - according to her lawyer - denounces the military junta’s issuing of "unjust rules”, which prevent her from voting or being elected.
Nyan Win, the lawyer for the Nobel Laureate, explains that his according to his client "the NLD should not even think about whether or not to participate in the elections”, the date of which has not yet been set by the junta. However, continued the lawyer, Aung San Suu Kyi will leave it to "the party to decide" whether to participate under the conditions dictated by the military dictatorship.
During the meeting that took place today at her home, where she is serving a sentence of 18 months of house arrest, the "Lady" explained that "I'm not giving instructions to the party or the people. They are free to make their decision based on democratic principles. "
Aung San Suu Kyi has spent 14 of the last 20 years in custody. The punishment was extended last summer, because the opposition leader was accused - in May 2009 - of "hosting" a U.S. citizen at her home in violation of her detention. A story many see as a "pretext" to impose a new sentence and to exclude her from the general elections of 2010.
Analysts point out that the "credibility" of the forthcoming elections in Myanmar is very poor. However, the absence of the main opposition party - the NLD - would be even more damaging for the country. According to the electoral law, enacted in recent weeks by the military leadership in power, Aung San Suu Kyi can not compete or vote because she has been “criminally charged”.
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