Democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi declared a "new era" for Burma Monday, after her party claimed a landslide victory in Sunday's parliamentary by-elections.
Although official results could take days, the opposition National League for Democracy says it won not less than 43 of the 44 seats it had contested. That features the four seats within the administrative capital, Naypyitaw, that is populated mostly by government workers and armed forces personnel.
Aung San Suu Kyi told a sea of supporters outside NLD headquarters in Rangoon Monday that she hoped the election results will force government to heed the need of normal citizens. Â
"We are hoping that that's the start of the hot era, where there'll be more emphasis at the role of the folk inside the everyday politics of the rustic," she said.
She appealed to other political parties to assist bring democracy and higher living conditions to the impoverished country.
"We also hope that the we can go further along the line towards national reconciliation," she said. "We can welcome all parties who want to join us within the means of bringing peace and prosperity to our country.''
The Union Solidarity and Development Party, which was formed by the ruling military before it ceded power in a general election last year, will continue to have an amazing majority in parliament. Â
Observers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations issued a press release Monday saying the election was conducted in a free, fair and transparent manner.
The NLD won a landslide victory in 1990 general elections, but military leaders on the time refused to relinquish power and the victors were refused entry into parliament. Aung San Suu Kyi was held under some type of confinement by the army government for many the the past 22 years.
Voting passed off Sunday under the watch of a small group of observers from the eu Union and a regional grouping of Southeast Asian nations. However, the monitors were only given a couple of days to organize for his or her mission, and a few have said they considered themselves watchers instead of monitors.
U.S. and European Union authorities have hinted that they'd consider lifting some economic sanctions imposed at the former military government, if Sunday's polls are determined to be free and fair. Those sanctions were levied in past times 20 years based on widespread human right abuses under military rule.
Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.
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