Myanmar’s Future President: Candidate in Question
... elected to parliament received less than 15.6%. Having won the parliamentary majority, the NLD now has the right to propose two candidates for presidency and to form the government during 120 days after the elections. NLD president and Nobel prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi cannot run for president in accordance with the special article 59(f) of the constitution which the military junta passed in 2008 to make sure the leader of the opposition could not run for the top governmental office. This article states ...