Myanmar's National League for Democracy Party leader Aung San Suu Kyi exits her residence before speaking to the media on the upcoming elections, in Yangon November 5, 2015. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Thursday she would be "above the president" if her party wins a historic election on Nov. 8, defying a constitutional ban on becoming president herself.
Suu Kyi's remarks could complicate her already fraught relations with Myanmar's military, which drafted the 2008 constitution to preserve its power and effectively exclude her from leading the country.
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