Suu Kyi for president

Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech to mark Myanmar's 67th anniversary during a Martyrs' Day ceremony at the National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters in Yangon on July 19, 2014.- AFP

YANGON: Myanmar’s Opposition has gathered millions of signatures in support of changes to a constitution that bars its leader Aung San Suu Kyi from becoming president, in a show of political strength ahead of elections next year.

Suu Kyi has travelled the country drawing crowds of thousands with speeches urging the military to accept a reduced political role, as her party of democracy veterans touts its moral authority in the former army-run nation. The petition, which was launched in May, had gathered around three million signatures by early July.