Suu Kyi not in contention to become Myanmar president

Nobel prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has been ruled out of the running to become the next president of Myanmar. That much information was revealed by Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) after the party named its candidates to be president.
The party led by Kyi made the decision after she failed to persuade the military to allow a clause barring her from the presidency to be overruled. Under the clause, she cannot be leader as her sons are British, not Burmese.
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But the tireless leader said she was going to exert her influence and lead from the sidelines instead as the candidate thought most likely to become president, Htin Kyaw, is a close aide of Kyi.
The NLD, which won a landslide in November, has named Htin Kyaw as its lower house nominee for vice president, and Henry Van Thio, an MP from the Chin ethnic minority, as its upper house nominee.
Correspondents say Htin Kyaw is almost certain to be elected president by the NLD-controlled parliament.

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