Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi says the Burmese election is “absolutely unlikely” to be free and fair because the election date has yet to be set and political parties will not have enough time to campaign.

Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said that the Burmese  election is “absolutely unlikely” to be free and fair because the election date has not been set and political parties will not have enough time to campaign, according to a spokesperson who met with her on Wednesday.

Nyan Win, who was a senior official in the disbanded National Leaguje for Democracy (NLD)  met with Suu Kyi on Tuesday. He told The Irrawaddy that her health is good, and that they also discussed the appeal  of the 18-month extension of her house arrest and renovation work that was needed on her home.

In March, the NLD decided not to register as a political party for the 2010 election, saying the election would not be free and fair.

Suu Kyi was sentenced to an additional 18 months house arrest for violating the terms of her detention after US citizen John William Yettaw stayed at her lakeside home on May 3. At the time, she had already spent more than 14 of the past 20 years in detention. Her sentence is set to expire in November.

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