Aung San Suu Kyi will soon take her seat as Myanmar’s leader – by proxy
He will be the surrogate for Aung San Suu Kyi because the military could not stand the loss of prestige involved in her becoming president. The vast majority of Myanmar’s people would have been in favour of discarding the clause, inserted into the constitution years ago specifically with her in mind, disqualifying a person with a spouse or children holding foreign citizenship from being president.
The army could have demonstrated goodwill, but chose not to do so. The reasons for its obduracy are presumably that it saw a concession on this issue as a precedent for other compromises in the future which it would not wish to make. It may also have calculated that manoeuvring Aung San Suu Kyi into a position where she herself must act in an “unconstitutional” manner would weaken or discredit her. After all, the president in theMyanmar constitution is not supposed to play a secondary role to a political leader in the country’s lower house.
Structure of the Lead：
what- This is the harsh background to the decision this week to put forwardHtin Kyaw as the presidential candidate.
when-2016/mar/11 that week
where-Myanmar
why- Aung San Suu Kyi won a great victory in November last year when her party swept the board in the general election.
HOW- not given
Keywords:
victory 勝利presidential 總統的
harsh 苛刻
surrogate 代孕
discarding 丟棄
