Burma is scheduled to hold general elections, followed by presidential ones (the president is elected by members of parliament), in 2015. Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), is much the most popular in the country. If the elections are run fairly, like the by-elections in 2012 that brought her to parliament, the NLD is likely to win by a landslide. But if they are rigged, like the general elections of 2010, that victory could be stolen. So between now and then she has two pre-eminent challenges: to retain the support of the great majority of her people; and to persuade the generals who still hold power behind the scenes that she and her colleagues can be trusted.
Source: http://www.news.myanmaronlinecentre.com/2013/07/01/why-does-aung-san-suu-kyi-not-speak-up/
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