The MP has just returned from Myanmar where he served as an election observer.
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Suu Kyi proposed to hold the talks with the three figures on the basis of national reconciliation and aimed at calmly and peacefully realising the desire of the people expressed through Sunday’s general elections.
“The United States, and I believe other members of the global community, have every intention of holding them to that”, Russel said.
The latest results from the country’s Union Election Commission show the NLD has claimed 196 out of 243 seats, or more than 80 percent of the results announced so far for the lower house of parliament.
Suu Kyi’s party won a 1990 election by a landslide only for the army to ignore the result and tighten its grip on power.
According to the NLD Facebook page, Suu Kyi has written to Myanmar’s President Thein Sein, House Speaker Shwe Mann and the country’s commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing, to suggest a meeting. She says the election puts Myanmar solidly on the path to democracy, and the enthusiasm of Burmese voters is a refreshing contrast to the apathy of a few voters in more mature democracies.
He did not elaborate. The 2008 constitution was amended by the military-backed government specifically to prevent Suu Kyi from taking the executive post. Both these conditions were blatantly drafted to scupper Suu Kyi, a civilian whose two sons have British citizenship.
In response to Suu Kyi’s call, U Shwe Mann offered cooperation in building a politically stable, peaceful, prosperous and developed country. For two nights in a row, supporters of the National League for Democracy (NLD) have partied in the streets to celebrate their apparent victory. At that rate, she will probably get a majority despite the military’s right to fill 25 percent of the parliament, the Journal said.
YANGON, MYANMAR – NOVEMBER 09: Crowds cheer as they gather for the election result announcement in front of the National League for Democracy’s headquarters after Myanmar’s first free and fair election on November 9, 2015 in Yangon, Myanmar.
Almost two full days after voting ended, the election commission, which did not immediately respond to the accusation, has released results for only 83 seats in the 664-member Parliament, giving 74 to the NLD and four to the ruling party.
Burma’s citizens are now politically more aware, and new forms of communications serve a watchdog function, she said.
Last time Suu Kyi’s party participated in an election was in 1990.
Burma’s Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi looked set to defy the powerful military to take power after a major election win, but there are questions about how exactly she will take over the reins of the southeast Asian nation. As of today, it can not be Ms. Suu Kyi, but she has indicated her intention to lead her party.
Analysts say hard months lie ahead, with the army still in charge of key levers of power, protected by a constitution it wrote gifting the military 25 per cent of all parliamentary seats as well as key security posts.
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The trend was expected to continue in Myanmar’s remaining 10 states, indicating that the military-backed ruling Union Solidarity Development Party is facing a rout.
