31 October 2014
Aung San Su Kyi gives a speech about constitutional reform in Rangoon to thousands of supporters on May 17. (Photo: JPaing / The Irrawaddy)
<p>Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is scheduled to visit Karenni State next week to hold a rally calling for reforms to the Constitution, National League for Democracy (NLD) members said on Thursday. It will be the first visit by the NLD leader to impoverished ethnic region in 25 years.</p><p>Win Htein, a NLD lawmaker and Central Executive Committee member, said Suu Kyi was scheduled to visit the Karenni State capital Loikaw on Nov. 8.</p><p>“She will go there from Naypyidaw and spend only a day because she will have to attend Parliament on November 10. We are still arranging the whole trip,” he said.</p>
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