CHIANG MAI, Thailand—State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday reiterated her government’s intention to amend the Constitution without damaging the national reconciliation process, and stressed the importance of building peace — including in conflict-torn Rakhine State — and promoting economic development. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi made the comments while delivering the 43rd Singapore Lecture, “Myanmar’s Democratic Transition: Challenges and the Way Forward” at the Institute of South East Asia Studies’ Yusof Ishak Institute in the city-state on Tuesday. She is on a four-day state visit to Singapore this week. Her lecture covered a wide range of topics including the various phases of Myanmar’s history since independence, the roadmap to the current democratic transition; the 21st-Century Panglong peace process; the situation in Rakhine State; and the country’s economic development.
Democratic Transition Requires a Democratic Constitution, Suu Kyi Says