no bullet shot at Suu Kyi's head so far she gains confidence

[istana_pest]

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/mobile/asiapacific/appointed-president-will/2250308.html


Appointed president will take instructions from me if NLD wins: Suu Kyi
By May Wong, Myanmar Correspondent, Channel NewsAsia* and Sujadi Siswo
POSTED: 10 Nov 2015 15:59 **UPDATED: 10 Nov 2015 20:26

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YANGON: Leader of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi said the appointed president will have "no authority" when her party is able to form the government.

Speaking to Channel NewsAsia at her home on Tuesday (Nov 10), Suu Kyi said if NLD wins, the chosen president will be appointed "just to meet requirements of constitution".*


"He will have to understand this perfectly well that he will have no authority, that he will act in accordance with the decisions of the party," she said.*

"That is the only logical way to do it. Because in any democratic country, it's the leader of the winning party that becomes the leader of the government. If this constitution doesn't allow it, then we will have to make arrangements so that we can proceed along usual democratic lines," Suu Kyi added.*


Before Myanmar held its historic election on Nov 8, Suu Kyi had expressed that she wants to be "above the president". On Tuesday, she reiterated that she would be the one directing the appointed president if NLD wins the election, as she has been barred from the presidency under the army-drafted constitution.

Suu Kyi added that the appointed president must understand that all instructions will come from her, as she is the leader of the party. This will not affect how the government is run, she stressed.

"Why should it affect the functions of the government? Because there will be a government, (and) it will be run properly. The president will be told exactly what he can do," she said.*


Asked if this could come off as authorianism, Suu Kyi said the NLD would not go down that path as its strength lies in*its appeal to the public.*

"We have been able to survive as long as we have, because we have the support of the people. And governments that depend on the support of the people never become authoritarian," she said.*

The opposition leader also touched on collaboration and cooperation with the military and other bodies, amid concerns about her ability to work with the military which continues to possess 25 per cent of parliamentary seats.*

"Whether it's the military or any other body, collaboration and cooperation is something you have to work at. It doesn't happen overnight. You have to learn to build it up. You don't just do it in a theoretical way," Suu Kyi said.*

"So how we deal with the situation depends on how the situation evolves. It's not something you can set hard and fast rules for. The NLD has said officially that the 25 per cent must go in time, because it is not in line with democratic practices, but that we'll negotiate a way in which this is approached in the interest of a reconciliation."

"They will have to be open to negotiations as soon as we form a government," she added.*

More than 30 million citizens cast their ballot both in Myanmar and overseas on Nov 8. The NLD is aiming for 67 per cent of elected seats in the national legislature to be able to select a president and form government.

It has so far won 49 lower house seats - including 24 in Yangon and 10 in the country's second city Mandalay, both areas where the party is expected to sweep the vote.
- CNA/dl

 

[Agoraphobic]

Suu Kyi looks and sounds very confident. I think she has the backing of all the big guns, USA, PRC, Singapore.

Cheers!

 

[Reddog]

Suu Kyi looks and sounds very confident. I think she has the backing of all the big guns, USA, PRC, Singapore.

Cheers!

She, a British Citizen, will never be supported by China to rule Myanmar.

 

[Lee_Gong_Yaw]

Suu Kyi looks and sounds very confident. I think she has the backing of all the big guns, USA, PRC, Singapore.

Cheers!

BIG gun? SG?

Are you sober or drunk?

Even USA today is a CB w/o cunt juice.

SG is tiny pore hole on a bald LCB!

 

[war is best form of peace]

Suu Kyi looks and sounds very confident. I think she has the backing of all the big guns, USA, PRC, Singapore.

Cheers!

USA is an insignificant CB. SG is dust.

PRC is a partner with Yangong Junta, and if Xi Jin Ping was in the practical right mind this is the right time for him to declare NON-RECOGNITION of any Democratic Election in Myanmar and send his PLA 20 division right over and take the strategic Yangong port required by Chinese Navy and Merchant Export in the Indian Ocean. Challenge Obama to send any fleet and show him that from China's own backyard there are many missiles that can sink US Navy well within range.

When China do this, it is just a replica of Putin's military action in Syria to back Assad Regime. Beijing can back the Yangong Junta. Putin's goal is an ally military base in Mediterranean Sea, Beijing's is in Indian Ocean.

Bankrupt Chicken Obama is too weak to take up any fight. If he got balls ask him to send fleet and don't forget to bring full load of body bags for his sailors pilots marines and GIs.

 

[Agoraphobic]

I think China's objective are aimed higher than being concerned who the individual is in charge of Myanmar. Her (China's) concerns are economic benefits, military image and modernising her country.

Cheers!

She, a British Citizen, will never be supported by China to rule Myanmar.

 

[Agoraphobic]

There are many big guns. In South-East Asia, SG is one.

I enjoy beer, but its been quite some time since I was drunk.

Cheers!

BIG gun? SG?

Are you sober or drunk?

Even USA today is a CB w/o cunt juice.

SG is tiny pore hole on a bald LCB!

 

[Agoraphobic]

Everybody has their own "favorites" in the military game. Where the US is concerned, she became a very wary nation after Vietnam. A lot of military (at least overt ones) decisions are made based on public opinion and Congress and/or the President will not go against public sentiment. American companies are heading into Myanmar with a lot of hope, but their military will not get in there unless their assets are at risk, and under current conditions, Myanmar is ripe for most investment

Cheers!

USA is an insignificant CB. SG is dust.

PRC is a partner with Yangong Junta, and if Xi Jin Ping was in the practical right mind this is the right time for him to declare NON-RECOGNITION of any Democratic Election in Myanmar and send his PLA 20 division right over and take the strategic Yangong port required by Chinese Navy and Merchant Export in the Indian Ocean. Challenge Obama to send any fleet and show him that from China's own backyard there are many missiles that can sink US Navy well within range.

When China do this, it is just a replica of Putin's military action in Syria to back Assad Regime. Beijing can back the Yangong Junta. Putin's goal is an ally military base in Mediterranean Sea, Beijing's is in Indian Ocean.

Bankrupt Chicken Obama is too weak to take up any fight. If he got balls ask him to send fleet and don't forget to bring full load of body bags for his sailors pilots marines and GIs.

 

[Kuailan]

Suu Kyi looks and sounds very confident. I think she has the backing of all the big guns, USA, PRC, Singapore.

Cheers!

She's smart the President is just another Tua Peh Kong!!

Similarly Stinkapoor!! our President is also powerless only a

walking talking Tua Peh Kong!!

 

[istana_pest]

She calls for talk with political enemies, shoot her ASAP!

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/suu-kyi-calls-for-talks/2252166.html

Suu Kyi calls for talks with Myanmar army chief, president
Aung San Suu Kyi has called for talks with Myanmar's army chief, President Thein Sein and the parliamentary speaker, as her pro-democracy party appears poised to secure a landslide election win.

POSTED: 11 Nov 2015 13:16 UPDATED: 11 Nov 2015 14:11

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Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi waves at supporters as she visits polling stations at her constituency Kawhmu township on Nov 8, 2015. (Photo: REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun)

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YANGON: Aung San Suu Kyi called for "national reconciliation" talks with Myanmar's president and the nation's powerful army chief on Wednesday (Nov 11) as her pro-democracy party sat poised for a landslide election victory.

With power beckoning after her National League for Democracy (NLD) party collected 90 percent of the seats declared so far, Suu Kyi moved to take the initiative.

"Citizens have expressed their will in the election," she said in letters addressed to President Thein Sein, Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing as well as influential parliamentary speaker Shwe Mann. "I would like to invite you to discuss national reconciliation next week at a time of your convenience."

The letters, shared by the NLD, come as her democracy movement continued its blitz of ruling party bases following Sunday's poll.

အမ်ိဳးသားဒီမုိကေရစီအဖြဲ႔ခ်ဳပ္ဥကၠဌေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုၾကည္က ႏိုင္ငံေတာ္သမၼတ၊ ျပည္ေထာင္စုလႊတ္ေတာ္နာယကႏွင့္တပ္မေတာ္ကာကြယ္ေရးဦးစီးခ်ဳပ္ထံသို႔ ေပးပို႔ေသာစာမ်ား။
Posted by National League for Democracy on Tuesday, November 10, 2015


The Speaker of Parliament Shwe Mann has accepted Suu Kyi's request, saying he looks forward to collaboration for peaceful and more developed country.

Myanmar's balance of power, so long dominated by the army and its allies, appears set to be redrawn. But Suu Kyi's supporters remain anxious at how the army will respond to a mauling at the polls.

In 1990, the NLD won its first election, only for the army to swat aside the result and launch a crackdown on dissent.

The NLD took 56 of the 61 lower house seats announced on Wednesday as it continued to sweep towards a landslide. It is well on the way to the majority needed to form a government.

Suu Kyi, the democracy movement's magnetic force, securing tens of thousands of votes to retain her seat in Kawhmu constituency. But she is barred from the presidency by an army-written constitution.

Suu Kyi, however, has vowed to rule from "above the president", indicating she will use a proxy to sidestep the bar on her reaching top office.

Parliamentary speaker Shwe Mann has been touted by many as a candidate for the role.

Despite the deluge of results in their favour, election officials have resisted pressure to declare the NLD winners. That has brought frustration to NLD supporters, many of whom have waited 25 years since the party last contested a poll to cast a ballot in their favour.

"We know we won 80 percent ... hopefully we will get confirmation today," said Ko Ko, who runs an air-conditioning company in Yangon. "We expect Daw Suu to change the country ... I voted for change."

RULING PARTY IN TATTERS

Sunday's election has left the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) in tatters. It has taken just a handful of seats so far, with several party heavyweights being bundled out off their constituencies by voters.

Before the landmark poll President Thein Sein vowed his party - and the powerful army - would respect the result. "These were free and fair elections," his spokesman Zaw Htay told AFP on Wednesday. "We are waiting for the (official) results," he added when asked if the president would formally concede defeat.

Stacked with former military men, the USDP has led a quasi-civilian government since 2011. The party says it has guided the country through the major economic and social reforms that led to Sunday's election, which saw 80 percent voter turnout.

Its critics condemn it as a stooge of the army, which ruled as a junta for half a century. The army is gifted 25 percent of all parliamentary seats under a constitution scripted to ensure its stake in the future.

In addition to blocking Suu Kyi's path to top office, the charter also hands the military key security posts.

The NLD needs 67 percent of the contested seats to form a government without coalition partners. A bigger winning margin gives it a stronger hand in parliament with political wrangling ahead.

- AFP/CNA/al