Myanmar: NLD decides to run with the view of amending the constitution once in power

By Reuters (Editing by Clarence Fernandez), 15 March 2015
Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi with Spokesman of the National League for Democracy (NLD), Nyan Win (photo credit: Reuters)
Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi with Spokesman of the National League for Democracy (NLD), Nyan Win (photo credit: Reuters)
<p>The party of&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/1svULKa" class="vglnk">Myanmar</a>&nbsp;opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will contest the general election this year even if there is no change in the constitution to allow the Nobel laureate to become president, one of the party's top leaders said on Friday.&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.3999996185303px;">The National League for Democracy would have more power to push for an end to the military’s veto over charter changes and remove the obstacles to her presidency if it wins the election, NLD Central Executive Committee Secretary Nyan Win said.&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 20.3999996185303px;">"We are going to compete," he told Reuters in an interview. "First, we need the majority in parliament.
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