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After the 67th Anniversary of Independence, Burma has still lost her choice

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Aung San Suu Kyi has affirmed her readiness to run for president if the Constitution is amended letting her to contest. Suu Kyi said, as leader of the National League for Democracy, she is ready to take the executive office if that is what the people want.

She said an article in the constitution barring her from the job is one of several points her party seeks to change. Her party won landslide in 1990 General Elections but the choice of the voters was dishonored by the consecutive military regimes. As a result, military institution of this country has by no means gained the hearts of the people thus far.

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Zin Linn was born on February 9, 1946 in a small town in Mandalay Division. He began writing poems in 1960 and received a B.A (Philosophy) in 1976. He became an activist in the High School Union after the students' massacre on 7th July 1962. (more...)
 

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