New laws rule Aung San Suu Kyi ineligible for Burma's elections

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Updated March 10, 2010 20:34:04

Burma has released details of some of the laws that will cover an election planned for sometime this year, with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi ruled out of taking part due to her criminal conviction.

No date's been set for the vote, but this week State media published information about laws relating to the registering of political parties and the formation of an Election Commission.

Presenter: Liam Cochrane
Speakers: Trevor Wilson, Australia's Ambassador to Burma from 2000 to 2003 and is now a visiting fellow at the Australian National University

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