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The National League for Democracy

NLD Press Statements

The National League for Democracy

 The NLD is Burma's leading political party.   The NLD won over 80 per cent of the seats in Burma's 1990 Parliamentary elections but has not yet been allowed to seat a government.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is the General Secretary of National League for Democracy and the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

Read what the NLD is saying:

• NLD Press Statements from 1999 (available in English and  Burmese)
  
  
• NLD Statements prior to 1999
  

• Speeches by Aung San Suu Kyi

In a move toward convening the full Parliament, the NLD and several smaller parties have formed an executive committe called the: The Committee Representing the People's Parliament.

At present, the military regime is mounting a concerted effort to crush the NLD by arresting and harassing its members.   Read analysis of: The regime's attempt to crush the NLD