AFP, Yangon :Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi invoked the memory of her assassinated father Sunday, describing upcoming elections as an opportunity to continue his legacy and bring real change to the former junta-ruled nation.The November 8 poll will be the first general election in a quarter of a century to be contested by her National League for Democracy (NLD), which is expected to make huge gains at the ballot box if the vote is free and fair.The democracy icon’s position as foremost opposition leader stems both from her years of dogged defiance under house arrest and her status as daughter of independence hero Aung San.Known affectionately as “Bogyoke” (General), Aung San led Myanmar’s battle for independence from Britain. But he was gunned down by local rivals alongside eight other independence leaders in July 1947, just months before his dream was finally realised.”The NLD believes that we have a responsibility to the martyrs who were killed before they finished their duty to achieve independence. NLD has been formed to fulfil that duty,” she said in a speech to supporters at her Yangon party headquarters marking the 68th anniversary of her father’s assassination.
