Aung San Suu Kyi wins Burma parliament seat

by admin
Mar 31, 2012

Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has won a seat in parliament after winning a by-election in Kawhmu, her party said on Sunday.

Ms Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy contested 44 out of 45 seats up for grabs in Burma’s 664-seat parliament. Official results are not due until later this week.

Aung San Suu Kyi said in a statement:

"It is natural that the NLD members and their supporters are joyous at this point.

"However, it is necessary to avoid manners and actions that will make the other parties and members upset. It is very important that NLD members take special care that the success of the people is a dignified one."

This is the first election since 1990 that the NLD is contesting.

Burma has seen rapid political transition since 2010, with political prisoners freed and media restrictions relaxed, however allegations of human rights abuses against minorities continue to blemish the country’s reforms.

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