Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy (NLD)
NLD spokesman Nyan Win said that in a meeting Saturday with Suu Kyi, she discussed the situation in Thailand, which has been wracked by crises since a 2006 coup ejected Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
'A new government coming to power under a constitution drawn up by the military will never be stable,' he cited her as saying. 'We do not need to see very far. We just see Thailand,' she said. 'Thaksin was an elected person. The military seized the power from an elected person. The constitution was drawn up by the military,' she said.
'After that, what happened with the first (government)? It was not stable,' she said of the short-lived administration that followed the coup. 'This was a result of the constitution being written by the military.'
Nyan Win said Suu Kyi was not giving an opinion on the rights and wrongs of the conflict in Thailand, where red-shirted campaigners largely loyal to Thaksin are calling for the ouster of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
Appointed senator Prasong Nurak has commented on the remarks of Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who criticized the Thai constitution and the government, saying it [her remarks] damages Thailand’s image internationally , “Why do you want to teach the other how swim, when he is currently drowning?”
“I’m disappointed because Ms Aung San Suu Kyi should know better about Thailand. That’s why I would like to find a way to investigate (…) if [she] has received any donation money by whom. “
Thai government spokesman Panitan is quoted in Matichon as saying in response to Suu's comments: "I think that Thais don't feel that Thailand is becoming similar to Burma and that they [feel the two countries] are not all similiar because we have the democratic system for a long time when other countries have never been democratic.
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