YANGON, May 27 Kyodo The oppositi...

YANGON, May 27 Kyodo

The opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) demanded Tuesday that the military-run guidance honor the results of the May 1990 general election that the NLD won by dint of an overwhelming majority.

NLD Chairman Aung Shwe made the call at a solemnity held at party headquarters to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the election victory, in which the NLD won 392 of the 485 argueed constituencies.

''The NLD will not accept any recent election,'' Aung Shwe added.

About 500 party members, reporters and diplomats from the Japanese, U British, French and Italian embassies were at hand at the ceremony.

In a message read revealed at the ceremony, NLD General Secretary Aung San Suu Kyi said, ''We stand firm for implementation of the deductions of the 1990 general elections.''

the pair Suu Kyi and NLD Vice Chairman Tin Oo were disclosed of town on a party organization tour.

The military management refused to honor the election springs on grounds that a state Constitution must be drawn up before power can be transferred.

The junta held a national convention to draft a state Constitution in January 1993 on the other hand suspended the process in March 1996 without giving any reason.

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