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Aung San Suu Kyi: More action needed for Myanmar reform | Aung San Suu Kyi: More action needed for Myanmar reform |
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Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader in Myanmar (also known as Burma), has told the BBC that the international community must do more to aid reform. | |
Speaking to the Today programme in Yangon, she said that the world had "really lost interest in reform". | |
She also called for the constitution to be amended to allow her to stand for the presidency. | She also called for the constitution to be amended to allow her to stand for the presidency. |
The 66-year-old spent almost two decades under house arrest because of her efforts to introduce democracy. | The 66-year-old spent almost two decades under house arrest because of her efforts to introduce democracy. |
A clause in the new constitution states that anyone whose spouse or children are foreign citizens cannot run for the top job. | A clause in the new constitution states that anyone whose spouse or children are foreign citizens cannot run for the top job. |
Ms Suu Kyi's late husband was British and her two sons are British citizens. Elections will be held in late 2015. | Ms Suu Kyi's late husband was British and her two sons are British citizens. Elections will be held in late 2015. |
Aung San Suu Kyi said she believed that the majority of the people of Myanmar were in favour of changing the law in order for her to stand. | Aung San Suu Kyi said she believed that the majority of the people of Myanmar were in favour of changing the law in order for her to stand. |
"We believe absolutely that the constitution will be amended in the right way, sooner or later. And the sooner the better. I do believe in the influence of the people over a so-called democratic form of government." | "We believe absolutely that the constitution will be amended in the right way, sooner or later. And the sooner the better. I do believe in the influence of the people over a so-called democratic form of government." |
Her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), won a landslide victory in the by-elections in 2012. | Her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), won a landslide victory in the by-elections in 2012. |
It did not contest the November 2010 general election because of laws it said were unfair. | It did not contest the November 2010 general election because of laws it said were unfair. |
Path to politics | Path to politics |
Ms Suu Kyi is the daughter of Myanmar's independence hero, Gen Aung San, who was assassinated in 1947. | Ms Suu Kyi is the daughter of Myanmar's independence hero, Gen Aung San, who was assassinated in 1947. |
She was born in Myanmar but lived in the UK after studying at Oxford University where she met her husband Michael Aris. | She was born in Myanmar but lived in the UK after studying at Oxford University where she met her husband Michael Aris. |
She returned to Myanmar in 1988 as the country was experiencing a period of political upheaval. She took part and eventually led the revolt against then-dictator, General Ne Win. | She returned to Myanmar in 1988 as the country was experiencing a period of political upheaval. She took part and eventually led the revolt against then-dictator, General Ne Win. |
The protests were brutally suppressed by the army who seized power in a coup that year, calling elections in May 1990. | The protests were brutally suppressed by the army who seized power in a coup that year, calling elections in May 1990. |
But the junta refused to hand over control after the NLD won a majority vote despite the fact that Ms Suu Kyi was under house arrest and disqualified from standing. | But the junta refused to hand over control after the NLD won a majority vote despite the fact that Ms Suu Kyi was under house arrest and disqualified from standing. |
A process of reform has been under way in Myanmar since November 2010, when military rule was replaced by a new military-backed civilian government. | A process of reform has been under way in Myanmar since November 2010, when military rule was replaced by a new military-backed civilian government. |