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(2 Apr 2012) 1. Wide of car carrying Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi struggling to move through large crowd of jubilant supporters and media
2. Crowd of supporters and media
3. Various of car arriving to headquarters of Suu Kyi's party National League for Democracy
4. Tracking shot of Suu Kyi pushing through crowd to get into party headquarters
5. Various of Suu Kyi getting up behind gate to make speech
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Aung San Suu Kyi, Leader of National League for Democracy:
"We hope that this will be the beginning of a new era where there will be more emphasis on the role of the people in the everyday politics of our country. We also hope that we will be able to go further along the road towards national reconciliation. We would welcome all parties who would wish to join us in the process of bringing peace and prosperity to our country."
7. Wide of Suu Kyi speaking
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Aung San Suu Kyi, Leader of National League for Democracy:
"It is not so much our triumph as a triumph of the people who had decided that they must be involved in the political process of this country. So what is important is not how many seats we have won although of course we are extremely gratified that we have won so many but the fact that the people are so enthusiastic about participating in the democratic process."
9. Wide of Suu Kyi
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Aung San Suu Kyi, Leader of National League for Democracy:
"We will point out all the irregularities that took place not in any spirit of vengeance or anger but because we do not think that these should be overlooked. We do not think that such practises should be encouraged in any way."
11. Suu Kyi ends address and re-enters party headquarters
STORYLINE
Aung San Suu Kyi claimed victory on Monday in Myanmar's historic by-election, saying she hoped it would mark the beginning of a new era for the long-repressed country.
Suu Kyi spoke to thousands of cheering supporters who gathered outside her opposition party headquarters a day after her party claimed she had won a parliamentary seat in the closely watched vote.
Official confirmation of the results could take days, but the people of Myanmar have reacted with jubilation.
"It is not so much our triumph as a triumph of the people who have decided that they have to be involved in the political process in this country," Suu Kyi said, as a sea of supporters chanted her name and thrust their hands into the air to flash "V" for victory signs.
"We hope this will be the beginning of a new era," she said.
If confirmed, Suu Kyi will take public office for the first time and lead a small bloc of opposition lawmakers in Myanmar's military-dominated Parliament.
The victory would mark a major milestone in the Southeast Asian nation, which is emerging from a ruthless era of military rule, and also an astonishing reversal of fortune for a woman who became one of the world's most prominent prisoners of conscience.
Unofficial counts continued to trickle in on Monday from poll watchers within Suu Kyi's party, and spokesman Han Than said the opposition had won at least 43 of the 44 parliament seats it had contested.
Those included all four seats up for grabs in the capital, Naypyitaw, which is populated by civil servants and would be an embarrassing sign of defeat for the government.
The former junta had kept Suu Kyi imprisoned in her lakeside home for the better part of two decades.
But Myanmar has changed dramatically over that time.

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