LUXEMBOURG
Published on 21.10.13 16:05
Aung San Suu Kyi in Luxembourg on Monday, pictured here with Grand Duke and Duchess
Photo: Anouk Antony
(AFP) Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on a visit to Luxembourg Monday urged European Union and world leaders to pile pressure on her country's government to complete its reform process.
The Nobel peace laureate told a small group of journalists in Luxembourg that the country's democratic future as well as an end to its continuing ethnic conflict depended on quick and sweeping amendments to the constitution.
"Reform has gone as far as it can without changes to the constitution," she said.
"Unless this constitution is amended we have to take it that the present administration has no interest in reforming further.
"The European Union must come out unambiguously on the need to change the constitution," she said, calling also for world support as "the opinion of the international community matters to this government because it wants aid and investment."
The current Myanmar constitution, crafted under the former military regime, notably would block Suu Kyi from becoming president after 2015 elections as it excludes anyone whose spouses or children are foreign nationals from holding the post.
Source.. (AFP)
ျပန္လည္မွ်ေ၀ေပးပါတယ္။
Published on 21.10.13 16:05
Aung San Suu Kyi in Luxembourg on Monday, pictured here with Grand Duke and Duchess
Photo: Anouk Antony
(AFP) Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on a visit to Luxembourg Monday urged European Union and world leaders to pile pressure on her country's government to complete its reform process.
The Nobel peace laureate told a small group of journalists in Luxembourg that the country's democratic future as well as an end to its continuing ethnic conflict depended on quick and sweeping amendments to the constitution.
"Reform has gone as far as it can without changes to the constitution," she said.
"Unless this constitution is amended we have to take it that the present administration has no interest in reforming further.
"The European Union must come out unambiguously on the need to change the constitution," she said, calling also for world support as "the opinion of the international community matters to this government because it wants aid and investment."
The current Myanmar constitution, crafted under the former military regime, notably would block Suu Kyi from becoming president after 2015 elections as it excludes anyone whose spouses or children are foreign nationals from holding the post.
Source.. (AFP)
ျပန္လည္မွ်ေ၀ေပးပါတယ္။
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