A veteran ally of Aung San Suu Kyi has declared the 70-year-old Nobel laureate must be Myanmar's next president, fuelling speculation her party is considering a direct challenge to the country's powerful military.
Tin Oo, a former defence minister and commander-in-chief, dismissed reports he would be nominated for the position only a day after Ms Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy took control of the parliament after a thumping victory at elections last November.
"Daw (Ms) Aung San Suu Kyi must be president," Mr Tin Oo, 88, was quoted as saying by the Myanmar Times. "Why can't she be president? I am just a supporter for her. I never want to be president." (Courtesy of smh.com.au)
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