Suu Kyi says Myanmar opposition needs 'new blood'

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Suu Kyi's party closes testy congress in Myanmar

Published: 9 Mar 2013 at 10.49
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Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition wraps up its historic first congress Sunday, finalising its leadership line-up as it faces infighting that has overshadowed the launch of its bid to rule Myanmar after 2015 polls.

Delegates of the National League for Democracy gesture to vote during their first ever party conference at the Royal Rose Hall in Yangon on March 9, 2013. Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition wraps up its historic first congress Sunday, finalising its leadership line-up as it faces infighting that has overshadowed the launch of its bid to rule Myanmar after 2015 polls.

Hundreds of National League for Democracy (NLD) members have gathered in Rangoon for the conference in a display of political strength that would have been unthinkable under the former junta.

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Discussion 6 : 10 Mar 2013 at 06.086
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D. 1, Travel around Burma and you'll see just how popular ASSK is. She is a saint and savior to most of the population. A lot more popular than TS in Thailand but for all the right reasons.

Of course the world is lining up to do business, that's what they do and Burma is rich in opportunities.

ASSK, with her moral fibre, will be the best chance Burma has of not being done over.

D. 2, I agree with D. 3, Absolute codswallop!
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Discussion 5 : 09 Mar 2013 at 21.225
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Disc 2, ATNN, is correct, time will show as the usual corporates mate collude the elite local families in setting up shop, collude to control the central bank, lead the lending of money and ensuring another domino falls under the heel of our Kazaknazi friends.
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Discussion 4 : 09 Mar 2013 at 20.464
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What about the Rhonigya's? If she doesn't comment soon she will lose the good will that she strove to achieve most of her adult life.
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Discussion 3 : 09 Mar 2013 at 19.203
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Disc 2: I have never heard such a load of codswallop in all my life; and believe me I've heard some beauties.
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Discussion 2 : 09 Mar 2013 at 17.232
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This is the same "Nobel Laureate" who stood by mute as her own supporters murdered the Rohingya, and even at one point, attempted to spin and downplay the atrocities. This woman is funded and propped up by the most despicable corporate-financier interests on Earth, and does more harm to real progressives in Myanmar than good. She's just unlatched the door so the Fortune 500 can pillage her people - just as was planned all along, using people's good will and trust as fuel for an insidious plot.
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Discussion 1 : 09 Mar 2013 at 16.561
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Maybe they are not as popular in the Myanmar population as in the multinational mega corporations.
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