Aung San Suu Kyi says Burmese constitution needs reform

Changes needed to make Burma democratic, says opposition leader

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(ANSA) - Rome, October 28 - Burma's constitution, which bans
her from the presidency, is undemocratic and must be reformed,
Burmese opposition Aung San Suu Kyi said Monday.
Suu Kyi, who has said she intends to run for president of
Burma in elections scheduled for 2015, said that her country's
constitution has been rewritten so as to exclude her from
holding office.

"A democratic constitution cannot be based with only one
person in mind," said Suu Kyi, who was held under house arrest
as a political prisoner for 15 years in Burma.
"It's clear that this constitution was written thinking
about my case," she added during a news conference with Foreign
Minister Emma Bonino.
Earlier in the day, Premier Enrico Letta said he supported
the transition to democracy and constitutional reforms in Burma.
Burma's constitution forbids individuals with a spouse or
children who are foreign citizens from serving as president -
apparently, a direct reference to Suu Kyi's case, as both her
children are British citizens and live outside of Burma.
Her husband Michael Aris, who died of cancer at 53 in 1999,
was a British scholar of Tibet and Himalayan culture, who met
Suu Kyi when she was a student at Oxford.
Suu Kyi, who received honorary Roman citizenship one day
earlier, also met on Monday with Pope Francis.

Source: http://www.news.myanmaronlinecentre.com/2013/10/29/aung-san-suu-kyi-says-burmese-constitution-needs-reform/