Aung San Suu Kyi slams Myanmar's constitution for 'unjust' rules

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has slammed the country's constitution, saying rules which prohibit her from contesting the presidential polls because of her half British sons are "unfair, unjust and undemocratic".

According to the BBC, at a news briefing with US President Barack Obama in Yangon, she said the reform process in the once military-ruled nation had hit a "bumpy patch".

Calling for international support, she said that the country's reform process was going through a bumpy patch that could be negotiated with commitment, help and understanding from friends around the world.

Obama reportedly said the process of reform was "by no means complete or irreversible" and added that the US "recognises the challenges ahead and cannot be complacent".

During the 2012 by-elections, Aung San Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy, won majority of the seats it contested for.

A provision in the Myanmar's new constitution states that anyone who married a foreign national was ineligible to run for presidency.

Aung San Suu Kyi's late husband was a British and her two sons are British citizens.