Suu Kyi says law barring her from Myanmar presidency is unacceptable


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  • Monday, 16 Jun 2014

Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is welcomed by bystanders at the premises of Shegal Buddhist stupa in Kathmandu June 16, 2014. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi put her political future in the hands of the people of Myanmar on Monday, saying that a parliamentary panel vote to retain a key constitutional clause was intended to bar her from running for the presidency.

A parliamentary committee tasked with recommending amendments to the constitution in Myanmar has refused to change a provision that bars anyone married to a foreigner or with children of foreign citizenship from becoming head of state.

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