Myanmar political group marks anniversary with call for democracy ( AFP ) September 16, 2002


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Myanmar political group marks anniversary with call for democracy

YANGON, Sept 16 (AFP)

Myanmar's Committee Representing the People's Parliament (CRPP) Monday vowed to continue pushing for democracy in the military-ruled country, in a ceremony to the group's fourth anniversary.

"The CRPP will continue to exert its undiminished efforts until democracy is finally achieved," it said in a statement.

The group also welcomed the return of its secretary Aye Tha Aung, who joined the gathering held at the headquarters of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) after being released from jail recently.

CRPP chairman Saw Mra Aung has also spent time in jail for his involvement with the group, which campaigns for parliament to be convened according to the results of 1990 elections won by the NLD.Neither Saw Mra Aung nor Aye Tha Aung are members of the party, but the group was formed under its sponsorship.

The NLD's election victory has been doggedly ignored by the ruling junta, which has insisted instead that a new power-sharing constitution be put in place before it agrees to hand over power wrested through a military coup in September 1988.

The military took over on September 18 of that year, claiming that anarchy had beset the nation and that it would assume control under the self-proclaimed State Law and Order Restoration Council.

The low-profile anniversary, watched quietly by official security agents, was also attended by representatives of pro-democracy ethnic political parties, witnesses told AFP.

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