According to AFP news:

The party of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi Wednesday set stiff conditions for taking part in elections planned for 2010 by the ruling junta, including the release of the detained icon.

The National League for Democracy (NLD) issued a statement after a two-day meeting in Yangon to decide on its stance ahead of the polls, which critics have derided as a sham intended to entrench the generals’ power.

The statement said that it “intends to participate in the elections” but only if all political prisoners including leaders of the NLD are “unconditionally” released from jail.

Secondly it also demanded changes to a controversial army-backed constitution approved in May 2008 — days after Cyclone Nargis ravaged the country — under which the vote will be held.

The constitution gives the army a major role in any future government.

The third condition set by the NLD was that the elections had to be “inclusive, free and fair” and held under international supervision.

The NLD said it also wanted to be able to study Myanmar’s upcoming party registration act and the law relating to the elections.

One Response to “Myanmar opposition sets conditions for elections”

  • #1 Thaung Nyunt Says:

    The 2010 election is appeared to abolish the result of 1990 election by legal mean.No question about it.
    Would NLD ready to surrender?

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