YANGON: Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Saturday her party would shortly decide whether to contest crucial elections, as it battles to change the constitution barring her from the presidency.

Speaking to senior National League for Democracy (NLD) members at the start of their annual two-day conference in Yangon, Suu Kyi said the party had not yet committed to competing in its first national vote in a quarter of a century.

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