Daw Aung San Suu Kyi urges SPDC to hold political dialogues

DVB ( 7 November 2003 )

Burmese democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi urged the SPDC to hold political dialogues before starting the ‘National Convention’ as part of the regime’s road map plan.

She expressed her criticism on the regime during her meeting with the UN special human rights envoy to Burma, Mr. Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, according to a Burmese political leader who doesn’t want to be named.

She also urged all the supporters inside and outside Burma to intensify their push for democracy in the country. The political ‘road map plan’ of the SPDC has been criticised widely inside and outside Burma for lack of vision.

The regime has been ignoring all the ethnic national leaders and elected MPs in Burma, and has been appointing its own delegates and those from ceasefire groups to attend the ‘National Convention’.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said that the regime’s plan could destroy the UN approved plans for tripartite talks and national reconciliation, according to the said leader.

Meanwhile, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been awarded ‘Free Your Mind’ prize by MTV. She has received more than 40 international awards including Nobel Peace Prize for 1991.