Myanmar President Thein Sein with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during their meeting in Naypyitaw on Wednesday. AP/PTI
Naypyidaw, December 2: Myanmar’s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi held “warm and open” talks with the president on the transfer of power from the military establishment, a minister said today, nearly a month after her opposition party cleaned up at the polls. Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party won nearly 80 per cent of contested seats in a November 8 election which appears poised to end the military’s decades-long domination of the country. Immediately after her party’s win Suu Kyi, who is blocked from the presidency by the army-written constitution, appealed for “national reconciliation” talks with President Thein Sein and the powerful army chief. Both men have congratulated her on the NLD’s win and vowed to ensure a smooth handover of power to the opposition—an unprecedented moment in the country’s history. But opposition supporters remain wary of a military establishment that has duped them before and crushed political opponents. The new NLD lawmakers are not due to take their parliamentary seats until at least February, making for a nervous few months of transition. The NLD won a similar scale landslide in 1990 polls, only to see the military annul the result and dig in for another two decades. — AFP. Source: Article
