For now, Suu Kyi is precluded from running for President by a cynical constitutional provision that excludes anyone whose spouse or child has a foreign passport (Suu Kyi’s two sons by her late English husband hold British passports). Nonetheless, the regime, still fearing her popularity, is playing the race and religion card in order to discredit her and her party, the National League for Democracy, which won all but one of the parliamentary seats contested in the recent general election (and swept the annulled 1990 election).
如今，昂山素季无法竞选总统，因为一条犬儒主义宪法条文禁止任何配偶或子女拥有外国护照的人竞选总统（昂山素季与已故英国丈夫的两个儿子持有英国护照）。尽管如此，缅甸当局仍害怕她的支持率，打出种族和宗教牌打击她和她的政党全国民主联盟（National League for Democracy）的信誉。在最近的选举（以及被撤销的1990年选举）中，全国民主联盟几乎获得了所有其所竞争的议会席位，只有一席旁落。