Suu Kyi’s NLD to re-register

November 18th, 2011 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS  

Yangon, Nov 18 (IANS) Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD), headed by Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, has decided to officially re-register itself as a political party, it was announced Friday.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC). The opposition party has also decided to take part in an upcoming by-election, Xinhua reported.

Aung San Suu Kyi is the general secretary of the party.

The Myanmar government had declared the party illegal and ordered that it be disbanded after it failed to register for the 2010 elections.

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