Myanmar allows Suu Kyi's party to relaunch offices

Myanmar's government has allowed the party of detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to re-open offices that have been shut for seven years.

A spokesman for the National League for Democracy (NLD) says about 100 branch offices of party have been re-opened across the country since Wednesday.

The government closed down NLD offices after an attack on party leader Suu Kyi's convoy in May 2003.

The party's spokesman has given a guarded welcome to the government's move.

"Yes, it's a positive step," he said.

The Myanmar's government plans elections at an unspecified date this year.

The NLD won the 1990 parliamentary election but was never allowed to take power.

Suu Kyi has spent 14 of the past 20 years in detention.

Source: PressTV.
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