COUNTDOWN TO ELECTION Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and head of the National League for Democracy (NLD) speaks at a press conference from her residential compound in Yangon on November 5 ahead of the landmark November 8 elections. AFP PHOTO
COUNTDOWN TO ELECTION
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and head of the National League for Democracy (NLD) speaks at a press conference from her residential compound in Yangon on November 5 ahead of the landmark November 8 elections. AFP PHOTO

YANGON: Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi Thursday declared she will be “above the president” and run the government if her party wins this weekend’s landmark election, in defiant comments addressing a current ban on her taking top office.

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