Video: Aung San Suu Kyi vows to fight on despite election irregularities in Burma Ms Suu Kyi, the leader of the democracy movement in Burma - also known as Myanmar - opted to take a leap of faith and enter an election on Sunday April 1, which is being run by the military who kept her locked up for 15 years. Her party's participation in this weekend's by-elections marks a change of heart for the Nobel Peace Prize winner who repeatedly rebuffed the military's attempts to bring her into a political apparatus in which it dictated the terms. "I have been saddened by the fact that the government and the election commission have not been as firm as they might have been with regards to the irregular, and at times illegal, activities that have been taking place," Ms Suu Kyi said. She also acknowledged that a perfect election is not possible. While we recognise that even in well-established democracies there are irregularities and misdemeanours when elections take place, what has been happening in this country is really beyond what is acceptable for democratic elections. "Still, we are determined to go forward because we think this is what our people want," Suu Kyi said.