昂山素季競選總統希望破滅

Aung San Suu Kyi’s hopes of capping a quarter-century journey from political prisoner to president of Myanmar have all but vanished after MPs threw out legislation that would have opened the way for her to stand.

緬甸聯邦議員投票否決了本將爲昂山素季(Aung San Suu Kyi)鋪平競選總統之路的法案，她以當選緬甸總統來結束一段始於政治犯的25年人生歷程的希望幾乎完全破滅。

Legislators rejected a bill to cut the 75 per cent-plus-one parliamentary supermajority needed for constitutional amendments, a clause that gives the military a veto because it holds a guaranteed quarter of legislative seats. MPs also voted to keep unchanged a nationality law that excludes the opposition chief and Nobel Peace Prize winner from the presidency because her two sons hold British passports.

緬甸聯邦議員否決了一項下調修憲門檻的法案。目前的門檻爲獲得75%加1票的議會絕對多數，這相當於使軍隊擁有“否決權”，因爲軍隊佔有獲保證的25%議會席位。此外，聯邦議員還投票決定保持《國籍法》不變，而該法排除了身爲反對黨領袖、諾貝爾和平獎(Nobel Peace Prize)得主的昂山素季成爲緬甸總統的可能，因爲她的兩個兒子持有英國護照。

The failure of the parliamentary push by Ms Suu Kyi’s allies this week appears to have closed the last window of opportunity for her to lead the country after landmark elections due this year.

本週昂山素季的盟友推動議會修憲失敗，似乎關閉了她在定於今年舉行的具有里程碑意義的選舉後領導這個國家的最後一扇機會之窗。