Suu Kyi seeks second term

Strong backing: Supporters holding up a banner in support of Suu Kyi after she submitted her application to run for the election at the Yangon southern district court. — AFP

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi formally declared her intention to seek a second term in an election in November that is seen as a test of the South-East Asian nation’s tentative democratic reforms.

After decades of military rule, Suu Kyi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for campaigning for democracy, took the reins in 2016 after an electoral landslide, but has been forced to share power with the generals.