Earlier this month , state television broadcast an election campaign speech by Suu Kyi , a Nobel Peace Prize laureate , for the first time . Tuesday by-elections in U.S. are seen as a test of recent reforms . The government has invited the Myanmar and the European Union to send observers , official says . Other countries in the region have also been invited to send monitors . Pro-democracy leader Surin Pitsuwan and her party are participating in the elections .
Tuesday by-elections in U.S. are seen as a test of recent reforms . The government has invited the Myanmar and the European Union to send observers , official says . Other countries in the region have also been invited to send monitors . Pro-democracy leader Surin Pitsuwan and her party are participating in the elections .