Burma's Suu Kyi Set for Public Office

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2012-03-31

Burma is finalizing arrangements Saturday for Sunday's historic election when pro-democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi, who was under house arrest just over a year ago, is likely to be voted into parliament in the military-dominated country.

Her participation in the polling has been made possible by a fragile detente with a government that has embarked on surprising democratic reforms over the last several months.

Sunday's vote is for only a small minority of seats in national and regional legislatures, but it has not diminished the outpouring of enthusiasm for Aung San Suu Kyi - whom the government tried to silence for two decades - and her National League for Democracy party.

The Nobel Peace laureate said Friday she does not expect Burma's election to be fair, but still significant.

Source: Voice of America

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