Obama says Myanmar law on presidential candidates makes no sense

Reuters

14 November 2014 at 2:07 am

YANGON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama, visiting Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday, said a provision in the Southeast Asian nation's constitution that prevents candidates from running for president because of their children's nationality made no sense. He did not name Suu Kyi, who is barred from contesting the presidency in elections next year because her two sons are foreign nationals. Suu Kyi said the law was "unacceptable". (Reporting by Matt Spetalnick; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)

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