A senior Myanmar oppositionist speaks at the Armed Forces Day ceremony amid attendance of Aung San Suu Kyi

Tin Oo, a senior member of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party, speaks during a ceremony to mark the 68th anniversary of Armed Forces Day at the party’s headquarters Wednesday, March 27, 2013, in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar’s commander in chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing told more than 6,300 troops gathered for Myanmar’s Armed Forces Day that the military forces that reigned through five decades of dictatorship will remain in politics as the country transforms itself into a democracy. Suu Kyi attended the celebration Wednesday for the first time. The daughter of Aung San, Myanmar’s most famous general and founding father, has reached out to the military – which was known for its brutality during its half-century of absolute rule – over the objections of some in her own party. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Khin Maung Win>