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09 November 2015 "We have lost".

Thus the leader of the ruling party in Burma linked to the military, Htay Oo, admitted defeat in the general elections, overwhelmed by the opposition led by the democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi.



The National League for Democracy (NLD) of the Nobel Peace Prize has declared that, according to the counts carried out independently on the basis of the various seats, it is on the way to obtaining more than 70% of the representatives up for grabs in Parliament.



A figure that exceeds the two-thirds threshold necessary to form the first democratically elected government since the early 1960s.

Although 25% of the Chambers are appointed by the military by the Constitution.

"They have to accept the results, even if they don't want to," said NLD spokesman Win Htein, adding that in the central regions the party is moving towards winning 90% of the seats.



In the event of a landslide victory, the opposition party will still have to deal with the rules, limitations and constraints that the junta has created over time to maintain its grip on power.



It was the first general elections in the country since the military handed power to a civilian government in 2011, led by Thein Sein, former prime minister of the junta.



Who is Aung San Suu Kyi

At 70, this could be the occasion for Aung San Suu Kyi to carry out that democratic transformation of Myanmar, for which she made fifteen years of house arrest.

In yesterday's elections, more than 80 percent of Burmese went to the polls enthusiastically.



If confirmed, Aung San Suu Kyi's arrival to power will come 25 years late.

The "Lady" had already won the election in 1990 and was under house arrest even then.

With an extra quarter of a century on her shoulders and international recognition, after the Nobel Peace Prize, the daughter of the founder of independent Burma will find herself having to form a government, probably also making compromises with those who are supported by those soldiers who have crushed the hopes for freedom of his people for decades.



In recent days, "Amay" ("Mother") Suu has alternated softer statements with more clear-cut positions, as when she clarified that she will be number one in the government, but "above the president" in spite of the constitutional norm.

A stance motivated by the fact that the democratic leader cannot become president, according to the constitution approved by the military, which prevents those who have a relative - spouse or children - with foreign citizenship, and she has had a husband and has two British sons, to ascend to the highest office in the country.