Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi won a seat in parliament today after a historic by-election that is testing the country’s promising political reforms.
Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party announced to loud cheers at its headquarters that the Nobel Peace Prize laureate had won in Kawhmu, southwest of Yangon, raising the prospect of her first role in government after a two-decade struggle against dictatorship [Reuters, 1 April].
UPDATE: NLD is reporting that it has won nearly 90 percent of the 45 seats contested in the bi-election.
UPDATE (2 April): The government-run press report that NLD has won at least 40 seats out of the 45 contested.
Photo: Reuters
