Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese democracy advocate, would like to open a Twitter account if released from house arrest, her lawyer has said.
The country’s opposition leader is due to be released on November 13, days after Burma’s first election in two decades, after spending some 15 years as a prisoner in her lakeside home.
However, her release is far from certain and depends on a decision by Burma’s Supreme Court, and in any case, she will not be contesting the election.
Her party, the National League for Democracy, has boycotted the upcoming election, widely viewed as a charade, claiming it is unfair.
AFP reports Suu Kyi’s lawyer as saying she would like a Twitter account to discuss politics, economy and social issues with the world’s teenagers.
Foreign media have been barred from covering the election, apart from several Chinese reporters who work for the Chinese regime’s official media. The US State department has said the election would not be credible.
In a bizarre move two weeks before the country goes to vote, the ruling military junta this week changed the country’s flag, national anthem and official name, without providing any explanation.
The country’s name has been changed from Union of Myanmar to Republic of the Union of Myanmar, according to Reuters, although many refer to the country as Burma, which was its name before military rule.
Suu Kyi has been in and out of house arrest since winning the country’s last election in 1990, a result which the junta refused to accept.
