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| Southeast Asia |
| Myanmar Opposition Optimistic on Suu Kyi |
| 2004-04-30 |
| YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's opposition party on Thursday expressed rare optimism that pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be released from house arrest in time for a constitutional convention next month. The National League for Democracy also said party members will likely attend the constitutional convention, which was called by the military government. The party will send a letter to the junta Friday with some conditions for attending the May 17 convention, party spokesman U Lwin told reporters. Among the demands is that Suu Kyi, the NLD general secretary, and party vice president Tin Oo be released from house arrest before the meeting, he said. "I strongly believe that it (the releases) will take place before the National Convention in view of the current improvement of relations between the NLD and the government," he said. U Lwin did not elaborate but the comments indicated that the party apparently has been given some kind of assurance by the government. Until last week, U Lwin had been saying he did not expect Suu Kyi to be freed anytime soon. |
| Posted by:Steve White |