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AFP-Myanmar opposition move to conv



Myanmar opposition move to convene parliament illegal: junta
Sun 23 Aug 98 - 11:04 GMT 

YANGON, Aug 23 (AFP) - Myanmar's junta Sunday said the opposition National
League for Democracy's (NLD) decision to convene its own parliament was
illegal.

"Such a move by any individual political party would be in contravention of
Myanmar law and seems designed to derail the ongoing discussions between
the government and the NLD," a junta spokesman said in a statement.

The NLD, lead by Nobel peace laureat Aung San Suu Kyi, Friday said it would
convene the parliament elected in 1990 in polls which were won in a
landslide by opposition forces. The junta has since refused to relinquish
power.

Senior NLD and junta officials held talks last Tuesday for the first time
this year but neither side made any details public.

Sunday's comment was the first official reaction to the NLD announcment on
convening parliament.