Barring Suu from elections

The Burma Junta has decided to ban Aung San Suu from the upcoming elections in 2010. No surprise there! This time, in the junta’s newly drawn up guidelines for a new charter to run the country, they have added language explicitly aimed at prohibiting Suu from running in the 2010 fixed elections. The language in the guidelines barres Suu from any National Offices because she was married to a foreigner. Suu’s late husband was British and she enjoyed the privileges associated with being married to a foreign national...before she was arrested in the 90’s, of course. Obviously, the junta considers this a major no-no!

Furthermore, the Association of SE Asian Nations has stated that it cannot (translated: will not!) do anything to stop the junta.
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