Burmese democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi’s party gained approval from the government to enter elections in the future.
Nyan Win, a spokesperson for the National League for Democracy (NLD) party, told the Irrawaddy publication that it was approved to submit its bid in the elections and will go through with it soon.
The government must “also investigate whether there is any connection between the party and an illegal organization based in a foreign country,” Win added.
The democracy party won the 1990 elections by a landslide but was never allowed to take power by the hardline military regime.
Burma, renamed Myanmar by the junta, was ruled by the military from 1962 to this year, when the country swore in its current leader, a former general. Under the new civilian government, Suu Kyi was released after years of house arrest, and a number of political prisoners—though by no means all, critics are quick to point out—have been released.
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