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The Myanmarese Opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, sits with the party members at a ceremony to mark the 12th anniversary of the 1990 general election in Yangon on Monday. — AP
More than 1,000 NLD members, supporters and senior foreign diplomats gathered at the party's ramshackle Yangon headquarters to commemorate the anniversary of the 1990 election which was won by the NLD in a landslide but rejected by the ruling military junta. To chants of ``long live Aung San Suu Kyi,'' the pro-democracy Nobel peace laureate, who was only freed from house arrest on May 6, appeared in light blue traditional dress and praised unity within the NLD but stressed earning the trust of Myanmar citizens was paramount. ``We must pledge to behave properly and to be worthy of the trust and the confidence of the people,'' Ms. Suu Kyi told dignitaries in the building as well as several hundred supporters listening from the roadside via loudspeaker. ``I myself pledge I will never lie to the people, or do anything against the wishes of the people,'' she said. Some 80 NLD ``parliamentarians'', many of whom had travelled from distant provinces, were among those commemorating the democratic election which was supposed to have brought them to power a dozen years ago. ``The failure to convene the elected Parliament has led to many political, economic, and social problems in this country,'' the party said in a written statement. ``It is the firm belief of the NLD that such problems can only be overcome through dialogue and negotiation,'' the statement said. The NLD, reinvigorated by the release of its leader Aung San Suu Kyi, on Monday renewed its long-standing call for the ruling military junta to recognise the party's landslide victory in a 1990 general election. The NLD won 392 seats out of 485 seats in the election.
— AP
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