Yangon, Myanmar — Myanmar’s highest court declined Friday to hear a case filed by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi seeking to overturn the government’s dissolution of her political party.The Supreme Court ruled the appeal had no legal basis, said Suu Kyi’s lawyer, Nyan Win.

Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party lost its legal status last year after it failed to reregister in order to take part in general elections, complaining conditions set by the junta were unfair and undemocratic.

Her lawyers claimed the move was unlawful because the new Election Commission has no right to dissolve parties that were registered under a different Election Commission in 1990. A military-sponsored party won an overwhelming majority in last November’s election, which critics claim was unfair.

Friday’s ruling was unsurprising, since Myanmar’s courts invariably adhere to the junta’s policies, especially on political matters.

“We have actually exhausted all legal channels regarding the case,” said Nyan Win.

The last election, in 1990, was won by Suu Kyi’s party, but the army would not let it take power and refused to convene parliament.

The court’s ruling came just ahead of the convening of the new parliamentary session, the first since 1988, when a military crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations installed the current junta.

The 435 members of the lower house and 224 of the upper house will attend the opening Monday in a massive new building constructed after the capital was moved from Yangon in 2005. Five lower house seats remain empty because voting was cancelled in five politically unstable constituencies.