The election is three years away, but Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has taken a hedged step in signaling a run for the presidency in what amounts to an incremental test of the ruling regime’s willingness to further democratic reforms.

Back from a 17 day tour of the U.S, where she was lauded as a champion of democracy, Suu Kyi told a news conference in Rangoon that responsibility as leader of her National League for Democracy would require her to serve as president of Burma’s people will it.

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Source: (The Cambodia Daily – October 10, 2012)