Burma sets scene for opposition party comeback
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Rangoon - Burmese authorities are considering amendments to election laws that could pave the way for Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party to re-enter national politics, news reports said Sunday.
The election commission submitted the bill last week to revise the Political Party Registration Law, promulgated last year by the then-ruling junta, the Myanmar Times weekly reported.
The National League for Democracy (NLD) opposition party led by Nobel peace laureate Suu Kyi, has demanded amendments to the law as a pre-condition to register as a political party and possibly contest an upcoming by-election planned in December or early next year.
The NLD refused to contest the November 7 polls, partly because the registration law banned people serving jail sentences from party membership.//DPA
