VIENTIANE, Laos -- President
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo today called on the leadership of Myanmar to allow the
participation of Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy in Myanmar’s
national convention.
The President conveyed her sentiments to Myanmar
Prime Minister Lt. Gen. Soe Win during a meeting he requested on the sidelines of the 10th
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders’ summit.
The Chief Executive said Soe Win assured her that
his government is determined to ensure the success of the national convention, which will
be followed by a referendum to ratify Myanmar’s constitution.
Mrs. Macapagal-Arroyo said Soe Win told her that
the Myanmar government invited Aung San Suu Kyi to participate in the national convention
but the latter declined the invitation.
Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and
leader of Myanmar’s democracy movement, is under house arrest.(full story)
