In Myanmar, supporters of the democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi today said they would form a new political party, after her National League for Democracy (NLD) was forcibly abolished ahead of rare elections. A former NLD spokesman and member of its decision-making central executive committee Khin Maung Swe said at least 25 former members of the NLD will form a new pro-democracy party to advance the movement's two decades of resistance against the ruling military. He said they aimed to register the party this month but had not yet decided on a name or whether to take part in this year's polls.