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Suu Kyi positive on co-operation with govt
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the National League for Democracy’s (NLD) executive meeting yesterday spoke positively of the beginning of a co-operation process with the government.
The NLD’s spokesperson Ohn Kyaing told DVB that Suu Kyi sounded optimistic in the group’s Central Executive Committee meeting and that co-operation with the government had begun in the interests of the nation and the people;
“Her remarks sounded satisfied – she said she believed a co-operation process has begun in the interests of the country and the people,” said Ohn Kyaing.
However, he refused to reveal what was discussed in the meeting yesterday: “We can’t give you the full details yet,” he added.
On Friday last week, Suu Kyi had an historic meeting with Burma’s president Thein Sein in Naypyidaw and attended a government economic workshop. Yesterday, the NLD released a statement welcoming her meeting with the president and the workshop where union government ministers and economic experts met and discussed ways to improve the country’s economic structure and future.
Prior to her meeting with Thein Sein, Suu Kyi had met twice with government’s labour minister Aung Kyi where they agreed to cooperate for peace, tranquillity and development of the country.
Whilst veteran NLD member U Win Tin corroborated telling DVB that; “Our relationship [with the government] is now much better.”
Suu Kyi recently tested her freedom by making her first political trip out of her home town Rangoon, the last time she made such a trip she was attacked by thugs at Depayin. Assailants who were alleged to have been from the precursor to the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA). Around 70 NLD members were believed to have lost their lives on the 30 May 2003 and Suu Kyi was jailed as a result.
Questions still remain unanswered as to whether the NLD will be able to function in electoral politics after they were banned from participating after rejecting last year’s controversial election and not registering. However the warming of relations bodes well that the party and Suu Kyi herself may yet have a place in Burma’s parliament.
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Hopeful, but need verification by acts and time from gov, mil government lowering arms aimed at people along with release of political prisoners and reform of prisons and judicial system starting now to go along with words. Trust, people yearn for trust but experience and so much hurt needs that element of time to heal and real effort.. Trust is needed and will require government, central government taking a new political direction of inclusiveness that to be frank I’m not sure they can do without backing and reassurances from neighboring countries, powers, friend and foe alike that things will be OK and intentions are really for peace and the common good. Trust verify. Don’t hide what is going on, open what’s going on to scrutiny of Free Press.
There is deceit in the world, huge capacity for deceit as seen by events in Libya tonight. 7hrs ahead of here in daylight. I’m not partial to deceit and it’s as hard for someone who doesn’t understand it to know it exists as for a person who grew up with it all around them to believe people good by nature.. All kinds of people are in the world by nature and the world won’t be live for long unless things change for the hopes of young people alive today all over the place.. Never setting hope, like the sunshine always circles the globe. Like new day shining on the real world.
Aung San Suu Kyi must act in good faith that the sheepskin draped faux-democratic government is gearing-up to make sweeping changes in the way the government functions in Burma, but the rest of us must assume the worst,& watch for actual improvements to occur.
Meanwhile, the rape of the environment is shifting into high gear theatening vast pollution,& displacing tens of thousands of mostly ethnic minority citizens whose voices will never be heard.
The faux-democratic government STILL deploys shock-troops to the ethnic homelands where forced labour, rape & beatings are STILL commonplace, destruction of homes, churches, schools, crops & livelyhoods are STILL standard operating procedures & those who defend innocent life in the ethnic homelands are STILL labeled as insurgents.
We can be sure that the NEW government will CONTINUE to confiscate ethnic minority lands, exploit their resources,& subject them to the inhumane treatment they have suffered SINCE WW2.
Social injustice is fueled by the majority of Burmese citizens, hypocritical Buddhists who ignore the human suffering inflicted by their own sons who are the monsters committing the atrocities ordered by the regime.
The apathy of the majority of Burmese citizens which allows the government to mistreat the ethnic minority also gives the regime license to use their own sons to shoot them like dogs in the street if they speak out in protest. However, I cannot recall any cases of urban protests on behalf of ethnic suffering.
It is clearly time for Aung San Suu Kyi to modernize & re-issue her Freedom From Fear essay, & begin the gargantuan task of preparing the Burmese majority to become caring human beings who will stand-up against injustice & regime mistreatment of their fellow citizens. Frankly, I cannot see how Burma can possibly move forward without national unity among Burmese citizens regardless of ethnicity or religion.
Unfortunately, fear & apathy are the lifeblood of regime tyranny in Burma.