Yangon: Aung San Suu Kyi's bid for a seat in
Myanmar's Parliament has been challenged by a rival candidate.
Suu Kyi's spokesman Nyan Win said today that Tin Yi of
the Party for Unity and Peace had submitted a complaint to the
district election commission that the Nobel peace laureate was
not eligible to run in the April 1 by-election.
The basis for his protest was a constitutional provision
barring persons enjoying the benefits of a foreign citizen
from serving in parliament.
Nyan Win said Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy
party submitted a rebuttal stating that the complaint was
based on hearsay and false information.
In 1990, Suu Kyi also filed to run in the general
election, but was disqualified after a similar objection.
PTI
First Published: Friday, February 10, 2012, 23:34