Myanmar— Aung San Suu Kyi’s pledge to place herself “above the president” in this nation’s future government is causing friction with the army, which will still have significant control after the handover of power.
Insiders in the incoming government say that choosing a figurehead president to front for Ms. Suu Kyi makes perfect sense. The Nobel Peace Prize winner and former political prisoner is barred by law from becoming president because she was married to a British national. Her children are British too.
What else is she to do after her party won last year’s national elections, they say. But such a move would likely complicate a drawn-out negotiation with the army over who really governs the country. (Courtesy of WSJ)
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