Burma considers altering law that bars Aung San Suu Kyi from being president /The Guardian
Hopefully, next year, she will be referred to as Madam President of Burma.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/31/burma-president-aung-san-suu-kyi-law-alter
Burma’s parliament will consider amending the country’s constitution – which currently bars the opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, from becoming president – before crucial elections next year, an official said on Friday.
Suu Kyi is trying to change key sections of Burma’s charter ahead of 2015 polls that are widely expected to be won by her National League for Democracy (NLD), if they are free and fair, after decades of military rule.
The NLD has focused on altering a provision in the constitution that ensures the military in the former junta-ruled nation has a veto on any amendment to the charter. It believes that revising the clause will open the way for further changes to other constitutional provisions, including the ring-fenced proportion of soldiers in parliament and the effective bar on Suu Kyi leading the country. Ye Htut did not elaborate on which elements of the constitution were up for debate.
As it stands, Suu Kyi is ineligible to become president because of a clause in the 2008 charter blocking anyone whose spouse or children are overseas citizens from leading the country. The Nobel laureate’s late husband was British, as are her two sons. Altering the constitution requires support from a 75% majority in parliament, and as unelected soldiers make up a quarter of the legislature they have the last say on any changes.