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| Myanmar's Suu Kyi hails democracy, |
| Myanmar's Suu Kyi hails democracy, as ends US trip
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 3-October-2012
5:43:25 AM |
| Myanmar opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi paid tribute on Tuesday to past models of democratic transition in eastern Europe, South Africa and Latin America as she wrapped up a two-week US tour.
But she said Myanmar has to develop its own form of democracy, and would probably not be like that in America -- which is preparing for a presidential election only weeks away.
"It can't be like America's democracy because Burma is not America," she told several thousands supporters gathered in Los Angeles for her last public appearance before she leaves for home Wednesday.
"Each country develops its own type of democracy, not something that should be imposed from above. I've always been against so called disciplined democracy, which has been advocated by the military regime."
Suu Kyi, who spent 15 years under house arrest until her 2010 release, arrived in the United States on September 17 for the landmark visit, which included a meeting with President Barack Obama in the White House.
The 67-year-old, who won the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize -- although she only accepted it in person in June of this year -- also met in Washington with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who visited Myanmar in December.
After meetings in Washington and New York, she also traveled to Kentucky and Indiana, as well as visiting Yale and Harvard universities, before a public event in San Francisco at the weekend.
During her visit to the United States, Myanmar leader Thein Sein said in a BBC interview that he would accept Suu Kyi as president if elected, although he added he could not alone amend rules that bar her from power.
Suu Kyi was asked in Los Angeles what she would do if she were Burma's president.
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