Victorious Aung Suu Kyi seeks Burmese national reconciliation meet with military representatives | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Seen by many as the champion of democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi has inched one step closer to a landslide election victory in Myanmar. Success in her constituency has helped her opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) win over 90 percent of the seats counted so far. Suu Kyi has now requested a meeting with the…

Aung San Suu Kyi has asked to meet with Myanmar’s military-backed rulers, whom she is poised to share power with as her party racks up seats from Sunday’s parliamentary election. “Implementing the people’s desires calmly after Election Day is very important for the country’s dignity, and for our people’s peace of mind,” the Wall Street Journal…