Burma has been going ahead for a prompt conclusion to Western sanctions with a few remarkable changes after years of military ruling. The current Burmese government has surprised rights watchers with some pro-reform moves, including talk between President Thein Sein and key opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Even though there was a euphoria over the political prisoners’ release and the US reward it with the raising of the diplomatic relations to the ambassador lever one has to take caution that the “Divide and Rule Policy” which the various Burmese administration inherited from the British, has been put to good use by waging an all out war against the Kachin and simultaneously inking the peace deal with Shan, Chin and Karen and the lesser resistance forces.
The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus welcomed recent, far-reaching release of political prisoners in Myanmar as a major step towards national reconciliation.
The release of at least 130 political prisoners in Myanmar today—including well-known dissidents Htay Kywe, U Khun Htun Oo, Min Ko Naing, and U Gambira—is a significant move, Amnesty International said today.
Burma’s namesake civilian government has been maneuvering war against the Kachin rebels incessantly, even though there are heavy casualties on its side. Starting from 9 June, the six-month long civil war claimed more than a thousand lives of government soldiers. The President Thein Sein government used to say that it has been trying to build a peaceful and developed country; in contrast the momentum of civil war is getting higher. So, the tongue of the government is not in harmony with the work of its armed forces.
Burma' Nobel laureate and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi may perhaps contest for a parliament seat in an imminent by-election if her National League for Democracy (NLD) party decided to re-register itself to enter politics, the NLD spokesman Nyan Win said yesterday.
The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) welcomes the efforts of Tomás Ojea Quintana, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, to ensure that justice and accountability measures are introduced to address human rights violations and build peace in Myanmar.
Recently, Burma’s new government has released a number of statements indicating its willingness to reach settlement with ethnic armed-groups and political opponents, domestic and exile. Regrettably, those offers have been considered inconsistent.
Popular opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar President U Thein Sein met for the first time at the presidential office in the capital Nay Pyi Taw on Friday, since the country's new government came to power, official said.
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