Burma's opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) is holding its first ever congress, at which it will elect party leaders for the first time.Nearly 900 delegates have been selected to attend the congress in Rangoon, at which they will elect new party leaders, with Aung San Suu Kyi widely expected to retain the top post.
The 3-day meeting(March 8-10,2013) will bring together hundreds of representatives from 260 townships across the country
NLD, which has more than one million members across Burma, was formed in 1988 and won parliamentary elections in 1990.But the military never allowed it to take power and imprisoned Aung San Suu Kyi for most of the following two decades.NLD led by Aung San Suu Kyi, was banned or had its activities restricted under Burma's military leaders.
NLD boycotted parliamentary elections in 2010 because of election laws it said were unfair.
NLD won 43 seats in by-elections in 2012, including one for Aung San Suu Kyi, as a reform process introduced by the nominally civilian administration of President Thein Sein
On Saturday March 9,2013, the 862-member NLD congress elected a 120-person central committee that chose the executive committee
NLD on Sunday March 10,2013 re-elected Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as its leader in preparation for the general election in 2015
NLD's new 15-member executive committee was elected by secret ballot at the party’s first congress, intended to democratise the party
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