The MP of Thingangyun Township's reactions
on the 'Road Map'
DVB (July 27,2003 )
The state-owned newspapers in Burma have been denouncing
the ‘interferences’ of the international community
in the affairs of Burma and the activities of the opposition
groups. There is no other option for the people of Burma but
to accept the leadership of the Tamadaw [army], insists an
‘anonymous’ voice of the military intelligence
in an article featured in the newspapers.
Moreover, the people of Burma as well as the military government
wanted the emergence of parliament democracy system but the
NLD led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi single-mindedly destroyed
the chance, accuses ‘Kyaw Myint Naing’, the author
of the article.
After the 1990 elections, the military government issued
Bo Aung Kyaw Road Declaration and tried to write the constitution.
The walkout staged by the NLD from the National Convention
in 1995 is a confrontational act against the military government
and it is also an attempt to rout the military government,
insists the same author.
U Thein Nyunt, the MP of Thingangyun Township, Rangoon who
was one of the MPs who walked out of the National Convention
gave his reactions as follows:
U Thein Nyunt : It is not true that the emergence of the
parliament democracy has been slow because we didn’t
follow the 1/90 and it is also not true that the emergence
of parliament democracy has been slow because we didn’t
attend the National Convention as it is argued by the article.
The main thing I want to say about the article is –
the promise given by the current power holder before the 1990
general elections that the soldiers would return to the barracks
after the elections. The present Secretary – 1 also
promised that the army decided to hold the election because
it wants to handover power, and if didn’t want to handover
power, it would never have held the elections the like. These
are the promises declared to the nation. They need to implement
these promises. The 1990 elections were not held on the basis
of any basic constitution. The elections were held under the
supervision of the SLORC’s Pyithu Hludaw (People’s
Parliament). According to the Clause 3 of that election law,
they should have formed a people’s parliament. Had they
fulfilled that promise, there would have been no problems
like we are having now in Burma. As for the accusation of
trying to rout the military government…the NLD is an
election winning party. It is not an insurgent group. As we
are not an insurgent group, we don’t need to rout a
government. We have been repeatedly demanding and urging the
generals to form a parliament within the legal boundary. The
result of our demands was – we were incarcerated at
Yemon military detention camp for nearly three years in 1998.
We never tried to rout the army. We have been saying in our
statements and conferences that we are working for democracy
and co-operations as allies through dialogues. These are the
attitudes we have been keeping and holding until the May 30
Dipeyin assault.
When asked about the Thai-sponsored ‘Road Map’
proposal, U Thein Nyunt gave his reactions as follows:
U Thein Nyunt : As for the ‘Road Map’ or the
political map and the intervention of the Thailand, I only
want to say one thing: Thailand is not in a position to solve
the problems here like the USA which is trying to solve the
problems Middle East. The USA is the super power. Historically,
we have so many questions for the Thai governments whether
they desire the strong Burmese governments who could work
for the good of Burma. Another thing is – as the problems
in Burma arose from the failures of the military government
to keep the promise after holding the election and to listen
to the decision and desire of the people of Burma in forming
a parliament. Personally, I think that the Thai government,
instead of proposing the ‘Road Map’, it should
urge the military government of Burma to re-convene the people’s
parliament according to the wish of the people of Burma and
the mandate of the UN.
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