Aung San Suu Kyi is on a 5-day trip to Australia(Nov 27 - Dec 2) and will make a number of speeches in
Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at Yangon International airport before her departure for Australia.
On Wed Nov 27,2013 Aung San Suu Kyi received two honorary doctorate degrees during a ceremony in her honor at Sydney's Opera House. In an address at the Sydney Opera House, opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi has urged the international community to maintain pressure on Myanmar's government to implement further constitutional reform.
Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Thursday Nov 28,2013 as she travels the country seeking backing for changes to Myanmar's constitution, which currently prevents her from becoming president.A clause in the army-dictated constitution disqualifies her from becoming president.
Aung San Suu Kyi spoke to journalists that -
"We are just starting out on the road to democracy. We are not there yet, as some people seem to assume," she said. "Without amendments to the constitution, we can never become a truly democratic society."
Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at Yangon International airport before her departure for Australia.
On Wed Nov 27,2013 Aung San Suu Kyi received two honorary doctorate degrees during a ceremony in her honor at Sydney's Opera House. In an address at the Sydney Opera House, opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi has urged the international community to maintain pressure on Myanmar's government to implement further constitutional reform.
Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Thursday Nov 28,2013 as she travels the country seeking backing for changes to Myanmar's constitution, which currently prevents her from becoming president.A clause in the army-dictated constitution disqualifies her from becoming president.
Aung San Suu Kyi spoke to journalists that -
"We are just starting out on the road to democracy. We are not there yet, as some people seem to assume," she said. "Without amendments to the constitution, we can never become a truly democratic society."
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