Thein Sein would accept Aung San Suu Kyi as Burma leader The former general paid rare tributes to the Nobel laureate during his tour of the USA, where he has burnished his reformist credentials by insisting Burma would continue its march towards democracy. If the people accept her, I will have to accept her. As I said before, we are now working together," he said, according to translated excerpts of an interview with the BBC. But he insisted he could not act alone to remove the barriers impeding the democracy champion's route to the presidency, as the country heads towards crucial 2015 elections. Burma's constitution currently prohibits those with close foreign relatives from holding high office and Ms Suu Kyi, who married a British academic, has two sons living in the West. I alone cannot change the constitution. This depends on the wish of the people and also the wishes of the members of parliament," he said. Thein Sein also underscored the continuing importance of the military. Soldiers have a quarter of the seats in Burma's parliament and effectively have a veto on constitutional amendment, which requires a more than 75 percent majority.