Yangon, Myanmar: Myanmar’s opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi’s party says she has won a seat in Myanmar’s parliament after Sunday’s landmark election.
According to Associated Press, her supporters erupted in euphoric cheers, setting the stage for her to take public office for the first time.
“We won! We won!” her supporters chanted while clapping, dancing, waving red party flags and gesturing with thumbs-up and V-for-victory signs.
The victory, if confirmed, would mark a major milestone in the Southeast Asian nation, where the military has ruled almost exclusively for a half-century and where a new reform-minded government is seeking legitimacy and a lifting of Western sanctions.
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