Yangon, Nov 6, 2015 (AFP) - The pro-democracy party of Aung San Suu Kyi dominated the campaign for general elections Sunday in Myanmar, but the supporters of the former military junta continue to threaten its historic march to power.
The National League for Democracy (NLD) of Suu Kyi aspires to achieve a large majority in the first free elections to be held in the country since 1990.
A military junta ruled Myanmar for half a century, devastating the movements for democracy; but in 2011, the military gave way, unexpectedly, the power to a civilian government led by president and former general Thein Sein.
Reforms since reduced the control of the military on the state and allowed the birth of the free press and the release of most political prisoners.
The economy is also coming back to life after the withdrawal of most international sanctions suffered by the country.
The campaign was mainly fought between the NLD and the ruling Party for Solidarity and Development (USDP).
The slogan of Suu Kyi, who spent more than 15 years under house arrest and is an icon in the country, announces "time of change."
President Thein Sein, however, warned during the campaign about the temptation to imitate the popular revolutions of the "Arab Spring".
His party issued a video recalling the reforms and warning against the rivers of blood that accompany some changes in democracies. "
The concern of the authorities was evident with the arrest this week of the main leaders of student unions, which still at large after police arrested dozens of students in the demonstrations of March.
ReconciliaçãoSuu Kyi said this week that his party win, will direct the Myanmar government and the presidency, according to the Constitution prevents it from assuming, will work according to the policy that it determines.
"In case of victory, will direct the government. And we will have a president who will work in accordance with the policy of the NLD," he said at a news conference in her Yangon home.
"I will be above the president," he said enigmatically winning the Nobel Peace Prize, criticized for not sharing the power in his party.
The chair of the NLD has no designated successor.
The first mission of the Parliament elected on Sunday will choose the next president, a complex process that should only happen in March.
Suu Kyi can not dispute the claim because of an article of the Constitution that prevents access to charge people with children of foreign nationality. The two sons of Suu Kyi are British.
According to the NLD, the article was written for the sole purpose of preventing Suu Kyi assume the presidency.
Since 2012, Suu Kyi has a seat in parliament after his party won handily partial elections.
In recent days, the ex-generals who wish to preserve the interests of the junta gave nervousness shows.
Suu Kyi, however, did not close the door to the possibility of forming a coalition government. The NLD dispute the legislative with 90 other parties.
But it did not explain whether the proposal involves the USDP party, currently in power.
Apparently, Suu Kyi looks more for parties representing ethnic minorities in the country, which constitute more than a third of the population.
The election campaign Suu Kyi, the most media of all, involved nationwide rallies and registered general public, but without research is difficult to assess the voting intentions among the 30 million eligible voters.
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