A portrait of Myanmar's National League for Democracy party leader Aung San Suu Kyi is seen on the shirt of a supporter during the World Cup qualifying soccer match between South Korea and Myanmar at the Suwon World Cup stadium in Suwon, South Korea, November 12, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
YANGON (Reuters) - The party of democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi has won a majority in Myanmar's parliament, the election commission said on Friday, giving it enough seats to elect the new president.
The victory of Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy will allow her to sweep out an old guard of former generals that has run Myanmar since a junta stepped aside four years ago, ushering in democratic and economic reforms.
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