Myanmar's democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi, moving closer to an absolute majority in parliament on Wednesday, requested a meeting with the president and the powerful military chief to discuss national reconciliation.
Suu Kyi's opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) has won over 90 percent of the seats declared so far in the lower house and is well ahead in the upper house and regional assemblies.
If the final results confirm the trend, Suu Kyi's triumph will sweep out an old guard of former generals that has run Myanmar since the junta handed over power to President Thein Sein's semi-civilian government in 2011.
But the army retains formidable power in Myanmar's political institutions after nearly 50 years of running the country and it is unclear how Suu Kyi and the generals will work together.
In letters to the commander-in-chief and the president dated Nov. 10 which the NLD released to media on Wednesday, Suu Kyi requested meetings within a week to discuss the basis of "national reconciliation."
"It is very important for the dignity of the country and to bring peace of mind to the people," Suu Kyi said in the letter.
President Thein Sein would meet Suu Kyi, said Zaw Htay, a senior official from the president's office. "It's just a question of when."
Relations between Suu Kyi and armed forces chief Min Aung Hlaing are said to be strained.
One of the biggest sources of tension between Suu Kyi and the military is a clause in the constitution drawn up by the former junta barring her from the presidency because her children are foreign nationals.
Few doubt the clause was inserted to rule her out.
