|
Between 1988 and 1990 a new figure emerged.
Aung San Suu Kyi ,the daughter of Aung San, had returned to Burma from her home in England to look after her sick mother. She found herself embroiled in Burmese politics and became the charismatic leader of the National League for Democracy [NLD].
Due to her popularity the SLORC felt that she was a threat and put her under house arrest. She has remained under house arrest [with limited periods of 'freedom'] until the present day.
In 1990 the SLORC allowed a general election to take place. In spite of strict control of the media by the SLORC this provided a landslide victory for the NLD who won 392 out of the 485 parliamentary seats [80% of the seats] even though their leader was under house arrest.
|
Aung San Suu Kyi, centre However, the SLORC refused to recognise the results of the election and power was not transferred to a civilian government . One reason given for this by SLORC was that the country needed a new constitution before any transfer of power could take place. At the time of writing discussion about the Constitution are still continuing. The NLD are banned from these discussions. |
|
