For her to become president was impossible under the current constitution, as the clause listing qualifications for the presidency explicitly states that no one with immediate family who were foreign citizens could be chosen. Aung San Suu Kyi’s two sons, Alexander and Kim, living overseas, were both foreign citizens. Neither she nor her party liked the current constitution. If it were up to them they would have scrapped it and written a new one with clear civilian control of the armed forces.
