Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi hit the campaign trail on
Tuesday as an official candidate for upcoming elections, travelling to
the Irrawaddy delta for the first time in two decades.Cheering crowds greeted Ms Suu Kyi's convoy
at every major town and city along her four-hour drive south from Yangon
to an area that was devastated by Cyclone Nargis in 2008.Supporters waved bouquets of roses and yelled, 'We
Love Mother Suu!' as the 66-year-old pro-democracy advocate drove past,
sometimes rising from her car's sun roof to greet supporters with a
smile.Ms Suu Kyi's return to politics is another
test of the reforms of the new nominally civilian government that took
power last year after decades of military control. Her latest trip came a
day after the Election Commission formally accepted her candidacy for
an April parliamentary by-election.REF:Straits Times
