Suu Kyi agrees to take oath in parliament
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May 1, 2012, Tuesday
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AUNG San Suu Kyi said she and lawmakers from her opposition party will attend Myanmar's parliament tomorrow for the first time and will take the oath of office though they still fiercely dispute its wording. However, Suu Kyi said she was not backing down on the issue.
"Politics is an issue of give and take," she told reporters yesterday. "We are not giving up, we are just yielding to the aspirations of the people."
Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy object to phrasing that obligates them to "safeguard the constitution" - a document they have vowed to amend because it was drafted under military rule and ensures the army inordinate power.
The party wants "safeguard" replaced with "respect," a change made in other Myanmar laws including electoral legislation that enabled Suu Kyi's party to officially enter politics for the first time in decades.
The news comes as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed the legislature on the second day of a visit to see how the world body can help promote Myanmar's tentative steps toward reform.
"Politics is an issue of give and take," she told reporters yesterday. "We are not giving up, we are just yielding to the aspirations of the people."
Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy object to phrasing that obligates them to "safeguard the constitution" - a document they have vowed to amend because it was drafted under military rule and ensures the army inordinate power.
The party wants "safeguard" replaced with "respect," a change made in other Myanmar laws including electoral legislation that enabled Suu Kyi's party to officially enter politics for the first time in decades.
The news comes as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed the legislature on the second day of a visit to see how the world body can help promote Myanmar's tentative steps toward reform.
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