YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar`s opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) said on Thursday the health of its leader Aung San Suu Kyi was deteriorating and she would have to give up a roadside protest if it became worse. It also said Suu Kyi would be prepared to return to her home in Yangon if the government released NLD members of parliament (MP) and activists detained since late May. A party statement said the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who has been stuck with three supporters in a minivan southwest of Yangon since August 12, had been visited by her doctor who found her health "frail" but morale high. "The situation has been reached that their food and water is no longer enough," the statement said. "If her health becomes worse, the General Secretary will receive medical treatment from her own doctor at her own house, of her own volition." It quoted the doctor as saying Suu Kyi showed signs of dehydration and her eyes

were becoming yellow and added that the NLD would hold the authorities responsible for her health. The party demanded "the unconditional release of MPs and NLD members who have been under detention" since May. It added: "If this demand is met, the General Secretary and her party will return." It said that if the NLD members were not released, the two sides would remain deadlocked. Suu Kyi, a senior NLD member and two drivers have been parked in their van on a small wooden country bridge at Anyarsu, 32 km (20 miles) from the capital. They were stopped on the bridge nine days ago and denied permission to travel to the west of the country and have so far refused to return home. The protest has drawn support around the world and drawn attention to the NLD`s demand that the government convene by Friday a parliament of members elected at polls in May 1990. The NLD swept that election but the result was ignored by the military. The government stood firm in rejecting the opposition demand for a parliament on Thursday. "Calling for a parliament in the absence of a constitution is like forcing a bald person to dye his hair," a government spokesman said. The slightly built Suu Kyi embarrassed the nation`s military rulers late last month by staging a six-day car sit-in on the outskirts of the capital, Yangon, to protest against the authorities` refusal to allow her to freely travel the country. The government forcibly removed her from the protest site, a rickety

bidge, and drove her back to her home in Yangon as the world`s major powers criticised the rulers` heavy hand. Suu Kyi is the daughter of the nation`s independence hero Aung San, who was assassinated in 1947.