Mr.Gambari to press Burma over elections


Mr.Gambari to press Burma over elections

The United Nations special envoy to Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, has said he will press the Burmese military government to make the process leading to elections in 2010 as inclusive as possible.

Speaking on a visit to Indonesia Mr Gambari said he would discuss the exclusion of the pro-democracy leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, with the authorities when he next visited Burma.

Under a new constitution to be put to a referendum in May, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi would be banned from taking part in the elections because her late husband was a foreigner.