Myanmar TV to broadcast Suu Kyi speech for 1st time From Kocha Olarn, CNN March 14, 2012 -- Updated 0629 GMT (1429 HKT) Aung San Suu Kyi will participate in by-elections in Myanmar next month Myanmar state TV is set to broadcast a campaign speech by her for the first time The election commission has removed a passage of the speech about civil liberties Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- Myanmar state television is expected Wednesday to broadcast for the first time an election campaign speech by the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, but without a section that criticizes the country's civil liberties record. In the speech, to be broadcast Wednesday evening on MRTV, Suu Kyi urges changes to the country's Constitution and respect for the rule of law, said Nyan Win, a spokesman for Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy (NLD). The Myanmar election commission removed a passage from Suu Kyi's speech that criticized the previous situation in Myanmar concerning freedom of speech and access to information, Nyan Win said. Suu Kyi and the NLD will participate in by-elections on April 1 after boycotting previous elections. She has been criss-crossing the country to attend election rallies. The international community has applauded recent political reforms in Myanmar, long secluded from the rest of the world after a military junta grabbed power in 1962. The generals have begun loosening their grip after international sanctions and criticism over their regime's human rights record. The authorities released Suu Kyi from house arrest in November 2010. She registered last month to run for a parliamentary seat in Kawhmu after the regime agreed to negotiate with an ethnic rebel group and pardoned hundreds of political prisoners. Her televised speech Wednesday is a result of Myanmar's electoral law, which requires that each political party receive appropriate time to broadcast its manifesto. The NLD submitted candidates for all 48 seats up for grabs in the April by-elections.