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Suu Kyi campaign speech blocked by government
A speech planned by pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi along her campaign trail has been blocked by the Burmese government and forced to move to a less prominent location.
Her speech was meant to be held at the Irrawaddy Division’s Pyarpon town football stadium, but was forced to move to a field nearby after an intervention by the Burmese government’s Sports Minister.
Locals said government workers in the town were told by authorities not to welcome or greet Suu Kyi when she arrived in town. Suu Kyi criticised the government’s intervention as a restriction on her freedom to campaign.
Thein Swe, a member of the National League of Democracy (NLD) in Pyarpon, said the event was moved to an open field about two miles from the stadium, which meant some townspeople and residents were unable to attend.
“Daw Aung San Suu Kyi gave a [brief] speech in front of the NLD’s office in Pyarpon and a crowd started to gather. After that, we told the crowd she was going to give a public speech at the plain in the north [of the town] and asked if they wanted to come – they all said they’ll come. But there were some people who couldn’t come so [Daw Suu] gave a farewell speech to them and then we moved to the field and everyone came along.”
Another local said: “The whole town was completely packed – everyone was waving [NLD] flags and marched on to listen to Daw Suu’s speech.”
“Aunty also said in her speech that young students were not allowed to leave their classrooms [to greet her] but they were all looking out to their classrooms and waving to her. She said she was happy to learn even young students are strong spirited in democracy. She also mentioned that blocking her from using the football [stadium] was against democratic standards and that she would report it to the UEC in accordance with the law,” added a local reporter.
The NLD is contesting 48 open Parliamentary seats in the upcoming by-elections on April 1. The international community has insisted that the elections must be free and fair, before considering easing further sanctions against the former military dictatorship.
Before arriving in Pyarpon, Suu Kyi travelled through Kyeikhtaw village in Rangoon’s Kawhmu Township, where she is a candidate.
Tags: aung san suu kyi, burma, by-elections, myanmar, national league for democracy
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The Burmese regime is up to there old tricks and restricting free speech.This is not a surprise, it was to be expected by this Illegal regime
It is to be expected,make sure Ms Su Kyi and NLD hold on the partners and do not agree on recongnition and lifting of sanctions lightly.This is a new round of game to be played.
Hard liner, soft liner, shoe liner, floor liner, toilet bowl liner, all liners want this woman, Aung San Suu Kyi, the poster girl of the “Democarcies” (the honourable ones like Iraq bombing- the bombs did go in little bunkers spectacularly- Yanks and Poms,EU and Aussie) to be in that joke place called “the Parliament” which is funnier place than average pantomime theatre.
So she WILL get in along with her own chosen ones without fail even if she is dead.
This would also signal like a starter gun in a 100 meter sprint for all to start to rush in and take whatever they want from Burma like a lolly scramble.
Than Shwe has already sold much of Burma to all buyers to put money in his and his circle of peoples’ bank accounts all over the world with investments in foreign properties and wasted to build this stupid cartoon Disney town with escape tunnels in the jungle everyone pridefully calls “Nay Pyi Daw” killing off some of the rightful owners.
Now the Chinese are having their pound of flesh- the PIPELINE to be followed by Than Myint-U approved rails and roads- and Thai and Indians are busy damming and “porting” along with Japanese and Korean money.
Which part of it benefits the farmers in the plains, farmers in the mountains, farmers at the coastal areas, farmers in the delta (who had to buy Shwe Mann’s son’s fertilizers at high price)?
Meanwhile, the killing of Karen and Kachin goes on totally ignored by the euphoric people except for some blankets while chanting about transforming Burma to be like Bangkok which is indeed a paradise.
That paradise will descend on to Burma soon people, do not worry about these little fake disturbances.
Than Shwe needs Aung San Suu Kyi more than Aung San Suu Kyi needs Than Shwe. She has been more than obliging.