Negotiations between NLD leader and military to remove clause barring her from presidency reported to be going wellTwo pro-government television channels in Myanmar have reported that “positive results” could approach out of negotiations between the military chief and Aung San Suu Kyi on suspending a constitutional clause that prevents her from fitting the president.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party won a landslide victory in the 8 November general elections. However,she is barred from fitting president because of the constitution’s article 59 (f), which says anyone with a foreign spouse or children cannot hold the executive office. Aung San Suu Kyi’s late husband was British, and as are her two sons.
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Source: theguardian.com