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NLD considers helping junta draft constitution

Jan 13 (AFP) - Myanmar's main opposition party headed by Aung San Suu Kyi said Thursday it wants to "start from a clean slate" with the country's military junta and enter talks which could see it help draft a constitution.

"We want to meet and discuss with the authorities, as we have said earlier, and we are also interested in drafting the constitution," NLD spokesman U Lwin told AFP.

"Why don't we start from a clean slate? We always hoped to draft the constitution," U Lwin said.

The junta announced Wednesday that a national convention aimed at drafting a new constitution would resume on February 17. It describes the convention as the first of seven steps on its "road map" to democracy.

U Lwin insisted the NLD had not changed its stance regarding the national convention.

The party insists that it will join the proceedings only if Aung San Suu Kyi and her number two Tin Oo are released from house arrest and if NLD offices around the country are allowed to reopen following a crackdown in 2003.

"Our position remains the same," he said.

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