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Myanmar’s president has approved changes to a law on political parties, paving the way for democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition party to re-register, state media said today.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The revisions to the political party registration law appear to be the latest effort by the military-dominated regime to reach out to opponents, amid tentative signs of change in the repressive state.<\/p>\n

A key amendment endorsed by President Thein Sein on Friday removed the condition that all parties must agree to “preserve” the country’s 2008 constitution, the state-run Myanmar Ahlin newspaper said.<\/p>\n

The wording has now been changed to “respect and obey”, <\/strong>it said, a small difference in nuance but one that would allow Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party to criticise or suggest changes to the constitution.<\/p>\n

The revised law also removed a contentious clause that said prisoners could not be party members.<\/strong><\/p>\n

NLD spokesman Nyan Win said the party welcomed the changes but he refused to be drawn on whether it meant it would re-register and contest a by-election expected around the end of the year.<\/p>\n

The NLD boycotted Myanmar’s historic elections last year, largely because of rules that would have forced it to expel imprisoned members — including leader Suu Kyi who was still under house arrest at the time.<\/p>\n

As a result it was delisted as a political party by the regime.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Myanmar’s new nominally civilian government said in September it was ready to work with Suu Kyi and her party if they officially re-entered the political arena.<\/p>\n

In response, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, freed from detention last November after seven years of house arrest, said she would discuss the issue of re-registering with senior party members based on political developments.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source AFP<\/em>
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