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Recovering Myanmar opposition leade
- Subject: Recovering Myanmar opposition leade
- From: byva@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 18:40:00
Recovering Myanmar opposition leader says party will defy government ÿ
The Associated Press
08/30/98 6:05 PM Eastern
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Recovering from a 13-day
roadside standoff with the military regime, opposition leadÿ
er
Aung San Suu Kyi told 500 supporters at her home that her
party would defy the government and convene parliament. ÿ
The government has warned the party, the National League foÿ
r
Democracy, that attempting to convene the parliament would ÿ
be
illegal and result in long prison terms and the party beingÿ
banned. The party won 392 of the 485 seats at stake in 1990ÿ
elections but was never allowed to take power. ÿ
Tin Oo, an NLD vice chairman, said Sunday that Suu Kyi
received about 500 people Saturday evening at her lakeside
compound, where she has been recovering from low blood
pressure and other ailments since ending her standoff a weeÿ
k
ago. ÿ
"Aung San Suu Kyi has told her party members that the NLD
will convene a parliament by itself," Tin Oo said. "She appÿ
ealed
to NLD members to support and help realize the convening ofÿ
the parliament." ÿ
Suu Kyi, 53, winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, spent 13ÿ
days parked in a van on a bridge outside Yangon after
authorities stopped her for the fourth time from traveling ÿ
to
meet
supporters. ÿ
The military has ruled Myanmar, also known as Burma, since
1962. ÿ
The ruling State Peace and Development Council rejected an
Aug. 21 deadline set by the NLD to call the parliament. Theÿ
party has said it will do so unilaterally, though Suu Kyi hÿ
as
given
no clear date. ÿ
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