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Opposition leader Suu Kyi will be barred from running for elections under a draft constitution proposed by the country's military government, not because of her political leanings or antagonistic relationship with the ruling military, but because she has been married to a foreigner. She was married to Michael Aris, a British citizen who died in 1999. This "announcement comes ahead of a May referendum on the new constitution which, if approved, will pave the way for democratic elections in 2010." Criticisms for this decision have come from Asean and from Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, though Asean is reported to be "powerless to do anything." NLD is not throwing up their hands so easily, calling the restrictions "unjust."
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