Three prominent exiled Burmese dissident groups have called on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to urge members of the Security Council to aid the people of Burma.
The All Burma Monks' Alliance, the 88 Generation Students and the All Burma Federation of Students Union in a letter to Ban said, “Now is the time for the UN Security Council to intervene in our country’s affairs. Burma cannot afford further delay.”
Ban has scheduled a meeting of his ad-hoc Friends on Burma on Thursday.
“We request you to ask the members of the Security Council to convene an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in Burma as soon as possible,” said the letter. “From the meeting, we would like to call for a collective and effective action, with an aim to stop the regime from continuing its dangerous path to militarism and start negotiating with democratic forces and ethnic representatives for a peaceful political settlement.”
Referring to Burma's recently announced election laws, the three groups urged that the international community and the UN not endorse and recognize the regime’s electoral laws and the election, which they said goes against democratic norms and undermines genuine democracy from taking place.
“We also would like to reiterate your recent statements on Burma that, “without the participation of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all key political prisoners, the elections would not be inclusive.”
The people of Burma have never accepted the regime’s 2008 Constitution designed to enshrine permanent military rule in the country, said the letter.
The three groups said that despite persistent demands by the UN and the international community to create the necessary conditions to make the 2010 elections inclusive, transparent and fair, the regime has deliberately failed to heed the calls.
“Instead, the regime responded by issuing a set of unfair and unjust electoral laws, which will beget undemocratic elections,” said the letter. “In addition to removing Aung San Suu Kyi and over 2,100 political prisoners from the country’s political process, the regime harbors plans to intensify its military assaults against ethnic cease-fire troops who refuse to obey its orders.”
The groups said they supported UN Special Rapporteur Tomas Quintana's recommendation to the UN to establish a commission of inquiry to investigate possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma.
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18088
Monday, 22 March 2010
Saturday, 20 March 2010
International Women's Day In Oxford photos
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) had attended the International Women's Day in Oxford held at 08 March 2010. The event was very successful and around 200 people attended the event.
Friday, 19 March 2010
Dear Secretary General Ban Ki-moon:
We applaud your strong commitment to advancing gender equality and your leadership in promoting the critical role of women's participation in establishing lasting peace and security. In furtherance of this important principle, we urge you to take immediate action to denounce Myanmar/Burma's 2010 elections which are based on an illegitimate constitution that violates international law and the rights of the people of Myanmar/Burma. In particular, we draw your attention to the violations of women's fundamental human rights to political participation, political representation, and justice for the regime's use of systematic sexual violence, as guaranteed in CEDAW and Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820.
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We applaud your strong commitment to advancing gender equality and your leadership in promoting the critical role of women's participation in establishing lasting peace and security. In furtherance of this important principle, we urge you to take immediate action to denounce Myanmar/Burma's 2010 elections which are based on an illegitimate constitution that violates international law and the rights of the people of Myanmar/Burma. In particular, we draw your attention to the violations of women's fundamental human rights to political participation, political representation, and justice for the regime's use of systematic sexual violence, as guaranteed in CEDAW and Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820.
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Myo Thein, the Director at the Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) said “We are very encouraged to learn Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s support for democratization of Burma. He plays leading role in supporting Burma democracy movement. Mr Brown takes timely action calling for the UN urgent meeting; I hope it will send the clear message to repressive regime in Burma that the world is ready to stand by with oppressed people of Burma and (Daw) Aung San Suu Kyi. Mr Brown is the hero for democratization of Burma”.
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Must do UNSC actions on Burma:
1. UNSC must declare that it won’t recognize junta’s planned 2010 election and its results
2. UNSC must declare junta’s sham 2008 constitution as NULL and VOID
3. UNSC must implement the successive UN General Assembly Resolution on Burma calling for “to restore democracy and implement the results of the 1990 election”
4. UNSC must declare that it will recognise Aung San Suu Kyi led National League for Democracy (NLD) as the legitimate Government of Burma mandated by people of Burma in 1990 general election
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1. UNSC must declare that it won’t recognize junta’s planned 2010 election and its results
2. UNSC must declare junta’s sham 2008 constitution as NULL and VOID
3. UNSC must implement the successive UN General Assembly Resolution on Burma calling for “to restore democracy and implement the results of the 1990 election”
4. UNSC must declare that it will recognise Aung San Suu Kyi led National League for Democracy (NLD) as the legitimate Government of Burma mandated by people of Burma in 1990 general election
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Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) warmly welcomes PM Gordon Brown calls for an urgent UN meeting.
The PM said: “Burma has ignored the demands of the UN Security Council, the UN Secretary General, the US, EU and its own neighbours by imposing restrictive and unfair terms on elections. The targeting of Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD is particularly vindictive and callous. I have today written to the UN Secretary General to call for an urgent meeting in New York to discuss these developments”.
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The PM said: “Burma has ignored the demands of the UN Security Council, the UN Secretary General, the US, EU and its own neighbours by imposing restrictive and unfair terms on elections. The targeting of Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD is particularly vindictive and callous. I have today written to the UN Secretary General to call for an urgent meeting in New York to discuss these developments”.
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We humbly ask all the people around the world to push hard to maximum as this is the very critical moment for the future of Burma. Please write to your country leaders to convene emergency meeting for Burma. Please don't let our hope shattered again. Please do something. Your help is greatly needed in this time.!!!!!!
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Burma: Resistance Day Demo - Protest against military Dictatorship in Burma
Resistance Day Demo: Protest against military Dictatorship in Burma
Message By ; BDC
Dear Friends,
We would like to cordially invite you to join with us to commemorate Burma Resistance Day and to protest against illegitimate military regime in front of the Burmese military regime's embassy. Your participation will be highly appreciated and looking forward to see you all.
Date: 26 March 2010 (Friday)
Time: 13:00-14:00 pm
Place: In front of the Burmese Junta's Military Regime
Address: 19A Charles Street, London, W1J 5DX
Tube: Nearest tube station is Green Park
Thank you very much and looking forward to see you all.
http://www.bdcburma.org/EventDetails.asp?msg_id=88
Message By ; BDC
Dear Friends,
We would like to cordially invite you to join with us to commemorate Burma Resistance Day and to protest against illegitimate military regime in front of the Burmese military regime's embassy. Your participation will be highly appreciated and looking forward to see you all.
Date: 26 March 2010 (Friday)
Time: 13:00-14:00 pm
Place: In front of the Burmese Junta's Military Regime
Address: 19A Charles Street, London, W1J 5DX
Tube: Nearest tube station is Green Park
Thank you very much and looking forward to see you all.
http://www.bdcburma.org/EventDetails.asp?msg_id=88
CHAIRMAN OF THE PARLIAMENTARY FRIENDS OF BURMA SENT THE LETTER TO CHAIRMAN OF SPDC
CHAIRMAN OF THE PARLIAMENTARY FRIENDS OF BURMA SENT THE LETTER TO CHAIRMAN OF SPDC
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Today, Chairman of the Parliamentary Friends of Burma (PFOB) sent the letter to Chairman of SPDC Senior General Than Shwe and its Foreign Minister regarding electoral laws.
PFOB consists of Members and Senators from all parties of the Canadian Parliament.
Senior General Than Shwe
Chairman, State Peace and Development Council
Nay Pyi Taw
Myanmar
U Nyan Win
Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nay Pyi Taw
Union of Myanmar
Embassy of the Union of Myanmar
Sandringham Bldg
85 Range Rd, SUITE 902-903
Ottawa, ON
KIN 8J6
Dear Senior General Than Shwe,
The Parliamentary Friends of Burma (PFOB) has noticed the announcement by the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) of new electoral laws in preparation for the planned elections this year.
We are very disappointed with the electoral laws, which exclude Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and more than 2,100 political prisoners from political participation. The law may also prohibit Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and political prisoners from being a member in political parties. This is clearly another step in the wrong direction taken by the SPDC. It leads us to believe that the political party registration law makes a mockery of the democratic process, and ensures that the upcoming elections will be devoid of credibility.
PFOB is increasingly concerned that the SPDC continues to ignore calls by Canada and the international community, including members of ASEAN, to show concrete commitments to political reforms. We reiterate our call for SPDC to engage an inclusive political process leading to fair, transparent, and credible elections in which all citizens of Burma / Myanmar, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, can freely participate. We believe that a tripartite dialogue remains the best viable means towards achieving national reconciliation, long-lasting peace, and prosperity in Burma.
The Parliamentary Friends of Burma (PFOB) calls on the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) to overturn the law that bars political prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, from participating in the political process. PFOB also calls on the authorities in Naypyidaw, Burma (Myanmar) to amend the 2008 constitution to ensure a genuine, all inclusive, democratic, political process in Burma.
Sincerely,
Hon. Larry Bagnell M.P.
Chair Parliamentary Friends of Burma (PFOB)
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Today, Chairman of the Parliamentary Friends of Burma (PFOB) sent the letter to Chairman of SPDC Senior General Than Shwe and its Foreign Minister regarding electoral laws.
PFOB consists of Members and Senators from all parties of the Canadian Parliament.
Senior General Than Shwe
Chairman, State Peace and Development Council
Nay Pyi Taw
Myanmar
U Nyan Win
Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nay Pyi Taw
Union of Myanmar
Embassy of the Union of Myanmar
Sandringham Bldg
85 Range Rd, SUITE 902-903
Ottawa, ON
KIN 8J6
Dear Senior General Than Shwe,
The Parliamentary Friends of Burma (PFOB) has noticed the announcement by the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) of new electoral laws in preparation for the planned elections this year.
We are very disappointed with the electoral laws, which exclude Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and more than 2,100 political prisoners from political participation. The law may also prohibit Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and political prisoners from being a member in political parties. This is clearly another step in the wrong direction taken by the SPDC. It leads us to believe that the political party registration law makes a mockery of the democratic process, and ensures that the upcoming elections will be devoid of credibility.
PFOB is increasingly concerned that the SPDC continues to ignore calls by Canada and the international community, including members of ASEAN, to show concrete commitments to political reforms. We reiterate our call for SPDC to engage an inclusive political process leading to fair, transparent, and credible elections in which all citizens of Burma / Myanmar, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, can freely participate. We believe that a tripartite dialogue remains the best viable means towards achieving national reconciliation, long-lasting peace, and prosperity in Burma.
The Parliamentary Friends of Burma (PFOB) calls on the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) to overturn the law that bars political prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, from participating in the political process. PFOB also calls on the authorities in Naypyidaw, Burma (Myanmar) to amend the 2008 constitution to ensure a genuine, all inclusive, democratic, political process in Burma.
Sincerely,
Hon. Larry Bagnell M.P.
Chair Parliamentary Friends of Burma (PFOB)
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"The idea of human rights begins with a fundamental commitment to the dignity that is the birthright of every man, woman and child," said U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton while introducing the annual Human Rights Report:
"Progress in advancing human rights begins with the facts. And for the last 34 years, the United States has produced the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, providing the most comprehensive record available of the condition of human rights around the world."
The Report raised grave concerns about the human rights situation in Burma. Burma is ruled by a military regime dominated by the majority ethnic Burman group. The State Peace and Development Council, which is headed by Senior General Than Shwe [Tawn Shway], has assumed the duties of the government, and at all levels of the government, ultimate authority rests with military officers. The government also controls the security forces without civilian oversight.
The Report states that in 2009, the government of Burma "continued its egregious human rights violations and abuses. . . . including increased military attacks in ethnic minority regions, such as in the Karen and Shan state."
The Human Rights Report also states that "the regime continued to abridge the right of citizens to change their government and committed other severe human rights abuses."
There were reports of unlawful and arbitrary killings by security forces; of deaths of people held in government custody; of disappearances, rape and torture. The government frequently detained civic activists without charges. Citizens were imprisoned for political motives, and prisoners and detainees were held in harsh and life-threatening conditions.
In short, the government of Burma kept a tight leash on possible criticism of, or activism against, its policies by restricting its citizens' privacy, freedom of speech, press, assembly, association, religion, and movement. At the same time, it allowed violent treatment and discrimination against women, recruitment of child soldiers, discrimination against ethnic minorities, and trafficking in persons. The government took no significant actions to prosecute or punish those responsible for human rights abuses.
"The principle that each person possesses equal moral value is a simple, self-evident truth," said Secretary of State Clinton. ” With the facts in hand and the goals clear in our heads and our hearts, we recommit ourselves to continue the hard work of making human rights a human reality."
Burma at 'Critical Moment' as Elections Loom
Burma will go to the polls this year for the first time in 20 years, however controversial election laws will mean that the country's most prominent democracy activist will be banned from taking part.
The Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been in some form of detention for the last 14 years, will be banned from taking part in the poll.
In the last election in 1990, the country's military junta was shocked after Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) won a landslide victory. The win came despite the fact that Suu Kyi was under house arrest and the country was under martial law. This time, the ruling generals are taking no chances.
Last week, the country released new electoral directives that will mean that anyone declared a “criminal” under the country's constitution will be barred from standing in the poll. Moreover, no members of political parties are allowed to stand as candidates.
On Monday, Tomas Ojea Quintana, U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Burma (renamed Myanmar by the junta) said that the rules will stifle democracy. "Under these current conditions, elections in Burma cannot be considered credible," he told a news conference after presenting a report to the U.N. Human Rights Council.
No formal date has been set for the elections, although the favored day for superstitious senior general Than Shwe is believed to be Oct. 10, 2010 (10/10/10). It is also a month before Suu Kyi is due to be released from house arrest. Suu Kyi’s party, allowed to re-open regional offices that have been closed for seven years, is considering whether or not to boycott the election.
Burma has 2,100 prisoners of conscience in jail, among them 11 members of the NLD. Hundreds more have been jailed since a 2007 popular uprising that was led by monks. Quintana said that there was "no indication" that Burma was intending to release these political prisoners, and submitted a report urging a full inquiry into the regime's alleged abuses.
In his report, Quintana said, "The possibility exists that some of these human rights violations may entail categories of crimes against humanity, or war crimes under the terms of the statute of the International Criminal Court." Speaking to the Human Rights Council on Monday, Quintana noted that with elections being held this year, "Burma is at a critical moment in its history."
However, the country's ambassador to the U.N. Wunna Maung Lwin, said that the report was full of inaccuracies and "violates the right of a sovereign state." "We strongly condemn and reject these recommendations and the report as a whole," said the ambassador.
"My government has clearly stated that there are no prisoners of conscience and that those who are serving prison terms are (those) who offended the existing laws and regulations," he told the council. The issue was raised again on Wednesday, by Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo in a meeting with his Burmese counterpart, Nyan Win.
Romulo told reporters afterward that he was not satisfied with the conversation and would urge the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)— to which both Burma and the Philippines belong—to call for a reversal of the election decree, at the bloc's annual summit in Vietnam next month.
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/31586/
The Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been in some form of detention for the last 14 years, will be banned from taking part in the poll.
In the last election in 1990, the country's military junta was shocked after Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) won a landslide victory. The win came despite the fact that Suu Kyi was under house arrest and the country was under martial law. This time, the ruling generals are taking no chances.
Last week, the country released new electoral directives that will mean that anyone declared a “criminal” under the country's constitution will be barred from standing in the poll. Moreover, no members of political parties are allowed to stand as candidates.
On Monday, Tomas Ojea Quintana, U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Burma (renamed Myanmar by the junta) said that the rules will stifle democracy. "Under these current conditions, elections in Burma cannot be considered credible," he told a news conference after presenting a report to the U.N. Human Rights Council.
No formal date has been set for the elections, although the favored day for superstitious senior general Than Shwe is believed to be Oct. 10, 2010 (10/10/10). It is also a month before Suu Kyi is due to be released from house arrest. Suu Kyi’s party, allowed to re-open regional offices that have been closed for seven years, is considering whether or not to boycott the election.
Burma has 2,100 prisoners of conscience in jail, among them 11 members of the NLD. Hundreds more have been jailed since a 2007 popular uprising that was led by monks. Quintana said that there was "no indication" that Burma was intending to release these political prisoners, and submitted a report urging a full inquiry into the regime's alleged abuses.
In his report, Quintana said, "The possibility exists that some of these human rights violations may entail categories of crimes against humanity, or war crimes under the terms of the statute of the International Criminal Court." Speaking to the Human Rights Council on Monday, Quintana noted that with elections being held this year, "Burma is at a critical moment in its history."
However, the country's ambassador to the U.N. Wunna Maung Lwin, said that the report was full of inaccuracies and "violates the right of a sovereign state." "We strongly condemn and reject these recommendations and the report as a whole," said the ambassador.
"My government has clearly stated that there are no prisoners of conscience and that those who are serving prison terms are (those) who offended the existing laws and regulations," he told the council. The issue was raised again on Wednesday, by Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo in a meeting with his Burmese counterpart, Nyan Win.
Romulo told reporters afterward that he was not satisfied with the conversation and would urge the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)— to which both Burma and the Philippines belong—to call for a reversal of the election decree, at the bloc's annual summit in Vietnam next month.
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/31586/
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
၂၂ ႏွစ္ေျမာက္ ဖုန္းေမာ္ေန႕ ဆံုးျဖတ္ခ်က္မ်ား
၂၂ ႏွစ္ေျမာက္ ဖုန္းေမာ္ေန႕ ဆံုးျဖတ္ခ်က္မ်ား
13 .3.2010
ရန္ကုန္ စက္မႈတကၠသိုလ္ ေက်ာင္းသားမ်ားမွ ဦးေဆာင္၍ ထုိင္းျမန္မာ နယ္စပ္တေနရာတြင္ ၁၉၈၈ ခုႏွစ္ မတ္လ ၁၃ ရက္ေန႕ ရန္ကုန္စက္မႈတကၠသုိလ္တြင္ မဆလ တပါတီအစိုးရ၏ အၾကမ္းဖက္ ပစ္ခတ္သတ္ျဖတ္မႈေၾကာင့္ က်ဆံုးခဲ့သည့္ ကိုဖုန္းေမာ္ႏွင့္ ကိုစိုးႏုိင္တုိ႕အတြက္ ၂၂ ႏွစ္ေျမာက္ ဖုန္းေမာ္ေန႕ ဆြမ္းေကၽြးတရားနာ အခမ္းအနားႏွင့္ အမွတ္တရ ႏုိင္ငံေရး ေဆြးေႏြးပြဲကို က်င္းပခဲ့ၾကပါသည္။ ဤအစည္းအေ၀းသို႕ အဖြဲ႕အစည္းအသီးသီးမွ ႏုိင္ငံေရးေခါင္းေဆာင္မ်ား ၊ ေက်ာင္းသားေခါင္းေဆာင္မ်ား ၊ သံဃာေတာ္မ်ား ၊ စာနယ္ဇင္းသမားမ်ား ၊ ပညာေရး ႏွင့္ အလုပ္သမားအဖြဲ႕အစည္းမ်ား စုစုေပါင္း အေယာက္ ၆၀ ခန္႕ တက္ေရာက္လာပါသည္။ အစည္းအေ၀းတြင္ လတ္တေလာ ျမန္မာျပည္ ႏိုင္ငံေရးအေျခအေန အရပ္ရပ္ကို သံုးသပ္၍ ေအာက္ပါဆံုးျဖတ္ခ်က္မ်ားကို ခ်မွတ္ႏုိင္ခဲ့ပါသည္။
၁) စစ္အာဏာရွင္စနစ္သက္ဆုိးရွည္ေရးအတြက္ ေရးဆြဲထားသည့္ ၂၀၀၈ ဖြဲ႕စည္းပံုအေျခခံဥပေဒႏွင့္ ထို အေျခခံဥပေဒကို အသက္သြင္းမည့္ ၂၀၁၀ ေရြးေကာက္ပြဲ ကို နည္းလမ္းေပါင္းစံုျဖင့္ ဆန္႕က်င္ကန္႕ကြက္ သပိတ္ေမွာက္မည္။
၂) အမ်ိဳးသားေခါင္းေဆာင္ ေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုၾကည္ႏွင့္ အမ်ိဳးသားဒီမုိကေရစီအဖြဲ႕ခ်ဳပ္အား ေထာက္ခံ ၀ိုင္းရံပံ့ပိုးသြားမည္။
၃) အမ်ိဳးသားဒီမုိကေရစီအဖဲြ ့ခ်ဳပ္ အေနျဖင့္ ေရႊဂုံတုိင္ ေၾကျငာခ်က္ကို ဆက္လက္ကိုင္စဲြ၍ နအဖ စစ္အုပ္စု၏ ၂၀၁၀ ေရြးေကာက္ပဲြကို ဆန္ ့က်င္သြားရန္ တုိက္တြန္းအပ္ပါသည္။
၄) နအဖ စစ္အစိုးရျပဳလုပ္မည့္ ၂၀၁၀ ေရြးေကာက္ပြဲတြင္ ႏုိင္ငံေရးပါတီမ်ားအေနျဖင့္ ေရြး ေကာက္ ပြဲ၀င္ေရာက္ျခင္း မျပဳရန္ အျပင္းအထန္ တုိက္တြန္း အပ္ပါသည္။
၅) ရန္ကုန္ၿမိဳ႕တြင္ ျဖစ္ေပၚေနသည့္ အလုပ္သမားသပိတ္မ်ားကို ၀ိုင္း၀န္းေထာက္ခံပံ့ပိုးရန္ႏွင့္ အျခားေသာ လူထုလူတန္းစားသပိတ္တုိက္ပြဲမ်ား ဆက္လက္ေပၚေပါက္ၿပီး အေထြေထြ လူထု သပိတ္ႀကီး ျဖစ္ေပၚလာသည္ထိ ေဖာ္ေဆာင္ တိုက္ပြဲ၀င္ၾကမည္။
၆) ေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုၾကည္ႏွင့္တကြ ႏုိင္ငံေရးအက်ဥ္းသားအားလုံး အျမန္ဆုံး လြတ္ေျမာက္ေရး မွာ ျမန္မာျပည္ နုိင္ငံေရးျဖစ္ေပၚေျပာင္းလဲမႈတြင္ အလြန္အေရးၾကီး္သည္။
၇) အမ်ိဳးသားဒီမိုကေရစီအဖြဲ႕ခ်ဳပ္အပါအ၀င္ ၁၉၉၀ ေရြးေကာက္ပြဲအႏုိင္ရ တုိင္းရင္းသား ပါတီမ်ားႏွင့္ ဖြဲ႕စည္းထားေသာ ျပည္သူ႕လႊတ္ေတာ္ကိုယ္စားျပဳ ေကာ္မတီက ေသာ္လည္းေကာင္း၊ တာ၀န္သိသိ တာ၀န္ရွိရွိျဖင့္ ျပည္သူ႕လႊတ္ေတာ္ကိုယ္စားလွယ္မ်ားက ေသာ္လည္းေကာင္း ျပည္သူ႕အစိုးရကို အျမန္ဆံုး ဦးေဆာင္ဖြဲ႕စည္းရန္ႏွင့္ ေပၚေပါက္လာမည္႕ ျပည္သူ ့အစိုးရကို အျပည့္အ၀ ေထာက္ခံသြားမည္။
၂၂ႏွစ္ေျမာက္ ဖုန္းေမာ္ေန ့ေဆြးေႏြးပဲြ
ထုိင္း - ျမန္မာနယ္စပ္
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13 .3.2010
ရန္ကုန္ စက္မႈတကၠသိုလ္ ေက်ာင္းသားမ်ားမွ ဦးေဆာင္၍ ထုိင္းျမန္မာ နယ္စပ္တေနရာတြင္ ၁၉၈၈ ခုႏွစ္ မတ္လ ၁၃ ရက္ေန႕ ရန္ကုန္စက္မႈတကၠသုိလ္တြင္ မဆလ တပါတီအစိုးရ၏ အၾကမ္းဖက္ ပစ္ခတ္သတ္ျဖတ္မႈေၾကာင့္ က်ဆံုးခဲ့သည့္ ကိုဖုန္းေမာ္ႏွင့္ ကိုစိုးႏုိင္တုိ႕အတြက္ ၂၂ ႏွစ္ေျမာက္ ဖုန္းေမာ္ေန႕ ဆြမ္းေကၽြးတရားနာ အခမ္းအနားႏွင့္ အမွတ္တရ ႏုိင္ငံေရး ေဆြးေႏြးပြဲကို က်င္းပခဲ့ၾကပါသည္။ ဤအစည္းအေ၀းသို႕ အဖြဲ႕အစည္းအသီးသီးမွ ႏုိင္ငံေရးေခါင္းေဆာင္မ်ား ၊ ေက်ာင္းသားေခါင္းေဆာင္မ်ား ၊ သံဃာေတာ္မ်ား ၊ စာနယ္ဇင္းသမားမ်ား ၊ ပညာေရး ႏွင့္ အလုပ္သမားအဖြဲ႕အစည္းမ်ား စုစုေပါင္း အေယာက္ ၆၀ ခန္႕ တက္ေရာက္လာပါသည္။ အစည္းအေ၀းတြင္ လတ္တေလာ ျမန္မာျပည္ ႏိုင္ငံေရးအေျခအေန အရပ္ရပ္ကို သံုးသပ္၍ ေအာက္ပါဆံုးျဖတ္ခ်က္မ်ားကို ခ်မွတ္ႏုိင္ခဲ့ပါသည္။
၁) စစ္အာဏာရွင္စနစ္သက္ဆုိးရွည္ေရးအတြက္ ေရးဆြဲထားသည့္ ၂၀၀၈ ဖြဲ႕စည္းပံုအေျခခံဥပေဒႏွင့္ ထို အေျခခံဥပေဒကို အသက္သြင္းမည့္ ၂၀၁၀ ေရြးေကာက္ပြဲ ကို နည္းလမ္းေပါင္းစံုျဖင့္ ဆန္႕က်င္ကန္႕ကြက္ သပိတ္ေမွာက္မည္။
၂) အမ်ိဳးသားေခါင္းေဆာင္ ေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုၾကည္ႏွင့္ အမ်ိဳးသားဒီမုိကေရစီအဖြဲ႕ခ်ဳပ္အား ေထာက္ခံ ၀ိုင္းရံပံ့ပိုးသြားမည္။
၃) အမ်ိဳးသားဒီမုိကေရစီအဖဲြ ့ခ်ဳပ္ အေနျဖင့္ ေရႊဂုံတုိင္ ေၾကျငာခ်က္ကို ဆက္လက္ကိုင္စဲြ၍ နအဖ စစ္အုပ္စု၏ ၂၀၁၀ ေရြးေကာက္ပဲြကို ဆန္ ့က်င္သြားရန္ တုိက္တြန္းအပ္ပါသည္။
၄) နအဖ စစ္အစိုးရျပဳလုပ္မည့္ ၂၀၁၀ ေရြးေကာက္ပြဲတြင္ ႏုိင္ငံေရးပါတီမ်ားအေနျဖင့္ ေရြး ေကာက္ ပြဲ၀င္ေရာက္ျခင္း မျပဳရန္ အျပင္းအထန္ တုိက္တြန္း အပ္ပါသည္။
၅) ရန္ကုန္ၿမိဳ႕တြင္ ျဖစ္ေပၚေနသည့္ အလုပ္သမားသပိတ္မ်ားကို ၀ိုင္း၀န္းေထာက္ခံပံ့ပိုးရန္ႏွင့္ အျခားေသာ လူထုလူတန္းစားသပိတ္တုိက္ပြဲမ်ား ဆက္လက္ေပၚေပါက္ၿပီး အေထြေထြ လူထု သပိတ္ႀကီး ျဖစ္ေပၚလာသည္ထိ ေဖာ္ေဆာင္ တိုက္ပြဲ၀င္ၾကမည္။
၆) ေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုၾကည္ႏွင့္တကြ ႏုိင္ငံေရးအက်ဥ္းသားအားလုံး အျမန္ဆုံး လြတ္ေျမာက္ေရး မွာ ျမန္မာျပည္ နုိင္ငံေရးျဖစ္ေပၚေျပာင္းလဲမႈတြင္ အလြန္အေရးၾကီး္သည္။
၇) အမ်ိဳးသားဒီမိုကေရစီအဖြဲ႕ခ်ဳပ္အပါအ၀င္ ၁၉၉၀ ေရြးေကာက္ပြဲအႏုိင္ရ တုိင္းရင္းသား ပါတီမ်ားႏွင့္ ဖြဲ႕စည္းထားေသာ ျပည္သူ႕လႊတ္ေတာ္ကိုယ္စားျပဳ ေကာ္မတီက ေသာ္လည္းေကာင္း၊ တာ၀န္သိသိ တာ၀န္ရွိရွိျဖင့္ ျပည္သူ႕လႊတ္ေတာ္ကိုယ္စားလွယ္မ်ားက ေသာ္လည္းေကာင္း ျပည္သူ႕အစိုးရကို အျမန္ဆံုး ဦးေဆာင္ဖြဲ႕စည္းရန္ႏွင့္ ေပၚေပါက္လာမည္႕ ျပည္သူ ့အစိုးရကို အျပည့္အ၀ ေထာက္ခံသြားမည္။
၂၂ႏွစ္ေျမာက္ ဖုန္းေမာ္ေန ့ေဆြးေႏြးပဲြ
ထုိင္း - ျမန္မာနယ္စပ္
Contact – Than Doke -0861198091, Min Zaw -0857351457 ,
Where is Mr Ban Ki Moon?
The Prime Minister has called the terms of the Burmese election laws “restrictive and unfair” and called for an urgent meeting at the UN in New York to discuss these developments.
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The Prime Minister has called the terms of the Burmese election laws “restrictive and unfair” and called for an urgent meeting at the UN in New York to discuss these developments.
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Prime Minister calls Burmese electoral changes targeting Aung San Suu Kyi ‘vindictive and callous’ (15/03/2010)
The Electoral Commission Law and Political Parties Registration Law announced by the Burmese regime last week contain provisions preventing those currently serving a prison sentence from being a member of a political party. The move appears to be directed towards detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners, barring them from full engagement in the political process.
Commenting on the election laws published by the Burmese regime, the Prime Minister said:
"Burma has ignored the demands of the UN Security Council, the UN Secretary General, the US, EU and its own neighbours by imposing restrictive and unfair terms on elections. The targeting of Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD is particularly vindictive and callous. I have today written to the UN Secretary General to call for an urgent meeting in New York to discuss these developments. We will also seek international support to impose an arms embargo against Burma. Burma's people are demanding political and economic freedom, and the international community must stand with them".
On 11 March 2010, Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis voiced his concern at the move, stating:
“We are concerned at the implications of the laws we've seen so far, and regret that they are not based on genuine and inclusive dialogue between the regime, opposition and ethnic groups.
“Our position remains that elections in Burma will not be credible unless such dialogue takes place, and all political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi, are released and allowed to participate fully in the political process.”
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The Electoral Commission Law and Political Parties Registration Law announced by the Burmese regime last week contain provisions preventing those currently serving a prison sentence from being a member of a political party. The move appears to be directed towards detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners, barring them from full engagement in the political process.
Commenting on the election laws published by the Burmese regime, the Prime Minister said:
"Burma has ignored the demands of the UN Security Council, the UN Secretary General, the US, EU and its own neighbours by imposing restrictive and unfair terms on elections. The targeting of Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD is particularly vindictive and callous. I have today written to the UN Secretary General to call for an urgent meeting in New York to discuss these developments. We will also seek international support to impose an arms embargo against Burma. Burma's people are demanding political and economic freedom, and the international community must stand with them".
On 11 March 2010, Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis voiced his concern at the move, stating:
“We are concerned at the implications of the laws we've seen so far, and regret that they are not based on genuine and inclusive dialogue between the regime, opposition and ethnic groups.
“Our position remains that elections in Burma will not be credible unless such dialogue takes place, and all political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi, are released and allowed to participate fully in the political process.”
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) warmly welcomes PM Gordon Brown calls for an urgent UN meeting.
16 March 2010
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) warmly welcomes PM Gordon Brown calls for an urgent UN meeting.
The PM said: “Burma has ignored the demands of the UN Security Council, the UN Secretary General, the US, EU and its own neighbours by imposing restrictive and unfair terms on elections. The targeting of Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD is particularly vindictive and callous. I have today written to the UN Secretary General to call for an urgent meeting in New York to discuss these developments”.
Myo Thein, the Director at the Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) said “We are very encouraged to learn Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s support for democratization of Burma. He plays leading role in supporting Burma democracy movement. Mr Brown takes timely action calling for the UN urgent meeting; I hope it will send the clear message to repressive regime in Burma that the world is ready to stand by with oppressed people of Burma and (Daw) Aung San Suu Kyi. Mr Brown is the hero for democratization of Burma”.
The PM calls for the urgent UN meeting follows after Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) on 11 March 2010 calls for United Nations Security Council to convene emergency meeting. You can see the PM statement at http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page22826 and Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) press statement at http://bdcburma.org/Statements.asp?Id=78
The recent so-called electoral laws show clearly that ruling junta doesn’t have the will to see national reconciliation in Burma. UNSC must take pro-active action decisively and collectively in order to intervene Burma crisis so as to avoid total devastating in Burma. Now Burma democratic and ethnics’ leaders are calling for to form “Interim Government” led by Aung San Suu Kyi and elected MPs of 1990 election.
“If should Aung San Suu Kyi led “Interim Government” be formed the world must be ready to recognize them as the legitimate government of Burma”, added Myo Thein.
For more information please contact Myo Thein, the Director at the Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) on 00-44-78 7788 2386 or 00-44-20 8493 9137.
http://bdcburma.org/NewsDetails.asp?id=584
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) warmly welcomes PM Gordon Brown calls for an urgent UN meeting.
The PM said: “Burma has ignored the demands of the UN Security Council, the UN Secretary General, the US, EU and its own neighbours by imposing restrictive and unfair terms on elections. The targeting of Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD is particularly vindictive and callous. I have today written to the UN Secretary General to call for an urgent meeting in New York to discuss these developments”.
Myo Thein, the Director at the Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) said “We are very encouraged to learn Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s support for democratization of Burma. He plays leading role in supporting Burma democracy movement. Mr Brown takes timely action calling for the UN urgent meeting; I hope it will send the clear message to repressive regime in Burma that the world is ready to stand by with oppressed people of Burma and (Daw) Aung San Suu Kyi. Mr Brown is the hero for democratization of Burma”.
The PM calls for the urgent UN meeting follows after Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) on 11 March 2010 calls for United Nations Security Council to convene emergency meeting. You can see the PM statement at http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page22826 and Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) press statement at http://bdcburma.org/Statements.asp?Id=78
The recent so-called electoral laws show clearly that ruling junta doesn’t have the will to see national reconciliation in Burma. UNSC must take pro-active action decisively and collectively in order to intervene Burma crisis so as to avoid total devastating in Burma. Now Burma democratic and ethnics’ leaders are calling for to form “Interim Government” led by Aung San Suu Kyi and elected MPs of 1990 election.
“If should Aung San Suu Kyi led “Interim Government” be formed the world must be ready to recognize them as the legitimate government of Burma”, added Myo Thein.
For more information please contact Myo Thein, the Director at the Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) on 00-44-78 7788 2386 or 00-44-20 8493 9137.
http://bdcburma.org/NewsDetails.asp?id=584
Myo Thein, the Director at the Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) said “We are very encouraged to learn Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s support for democratization of Burma. He plays leading role in supporting Burma democracy movement. Mr Brown takes timely action calling for the UN urgent meeting; I hope it will send the clear message to repressive regime in Burma that the world is ready to stand by with oppressed people of Burma and (Daw) Aung San Suu Kyi. Mr Brown is the hero for democratization of Burma”.
The PM calls for the urgent UN meeting follows after Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) on 11 March 2010 calls for United Nations Security Council to convene emergency meeting. You can see the PM statement at http://ping.fm/J6Tke and Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) press statement at http://ping.fm/ryKC8
The PM calls for the urgent UN meeting follows after Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) on 11 March 2010 calls for United Nations Security Council to convene emergency meeting. You can see the PM statement at http://ping.fm/J6Tke and Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) press statement at http://ping.fm/ryKC8
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) warmly welcomes PM Gordon Brown calls for an urgent UN meeting.
The PM said: “Burma has ignored the demands of the UN Security Council, the UN Secretary General, the US, EU and its own neighbours by imposing restrictive and unfair terms on elections. The targeting of Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD is particularly vindictive and callous. I have today written to the UN Secretary General to call for an urgent meeting in New York to discuss these developments”.
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The PM said: “Burma has ignored the demands of the UN Security Council, the UN Secretary General, the US, EU and its own neighbours by imposing restrictive and unfair terms on elections. The targeting of Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD is particularly vindictive and callous. I have today written to the UN Secretary General to call for an urgent meeting in New York to discuss these developments”.
http://ping.fm/d8w0Q
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) warmly welcomes PM Gordon Brown calls for an urgent UN meeting
16 March 2010
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) warmly welcomes PM Gordon Brown calls for an urgent UN meeting.
The PM said: “Burma has ignored the demands of the UN Security Council, the UN Secretary General, the US, EU and its own neighbours by imposing restrictive and unfair terms on elections. The targeting of Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD is particularly vindictive and callous. I have today written to the UN Secretary General to call for an urgent meeting in New York to discuss these developments”.
Myo Thein, the Director at the Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) said “We are very encouraged to learn Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s support for democratization of Burma. He plays leading role in supporting Burma democracy movement. Mr Brown takes timely action calling for the UN urgent meeting; I hope it will send the clear message to repressive regime in Burma that the world is ready to stand by with oppressed people of Burma and (Daw) Aung San Suu Kyi. Mr Brown is the hero for democratization of Burma”.
http://ping.fm/5Fn7L
16 March 2010
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) warmly welcomes PM Gordon Brown calls for an urgent UN meeting.
The PM said: “Burma has ignored the demands of the UN Security Council, the UN Secretary General, the US, EU and its own neighbours by imposing restrictive and unfair terms on elections. The targeting of Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD is particularly vindictive and callous. I have today written to the UN Secretary General to call for an urgent meeting in New York to discuss these developments”.
Myo Thein, the Director at the Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) said “We are very encouraged to learn Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s support for democratization of Burma. He plays leading role in supporting Burma democracy movement. Mr Brown takes timely action calling for the UN urgent meeting; I hope it will send the clear message to repressive regime in Burma that the world is ready to stand by with oppressed people of Burma and (Daw) Aung San Suu Kyi. Mr Brown is the hero for democratization of Burma”.
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Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) calls for UNSC Emergency Meeting: Time to take immediate action
11 March 2010
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) calls for United Nations Security Council to convene emergency meeting since Burma crisis is in very critical situation. We must take action decisively and collectively in order to intervene Burma crisis so as to avoid total devastating.
Burmese junta is fully geared up to extinguish democracy, human rights and rule of law in Burma. Junta is touching its final brush to eliminate all the democratic voices by issuing its so-called the electoral law on 8 March 2010 which effectively turning their back on national reconciliation in Burma.
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PM calls election terms in Burma “restrictive and unfair”
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11 March 2010
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) calls for United Nations Security Council to convene emergency meeting since Burma crisis is in very critical situation. We must take action decisively and collectively in order to intervene Burma crisis so as to avoid total devastating.
Burmese junta is fully geared up to extinguish democracy, human rights and rule of law in Burma. Junta is touching its final brush to eliminate all the democratic voices by issuing its so-called the electoral law on 8 March 2010 which effectively turning their back on national reconciliation in Burma.
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PM calls election terms in Burma “restrictive and unfair”
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We Love you Mr Gorndon Brown for your strong support for the oppressed people of BURMA-
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No indication Myanmar will release prisoners ahead of elections – UN rights expert
15 March 2010 – An independent United Nations human rights expert who recently visited Myanmar said today that there is no indication that the Government is willing to release political prisoners ahead of national elections scheduled for later this year.
Tomás Ojea Quintana, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, had stated prior to his 15-19 February visit that the elections should be fair and transparent, that freedom of speech, movement and association should be guaranteed in the country, and that all prisoners of conscience should be released before the polls so they can be as inclusive as possible.
“Without full participation, including by the some 2,100 prisoners of conscience, and an environment that allows people and parties to engage in the range of electoral activities, the elections cannot be credible,” he said today, as he presented his report to the 47-member Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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15 March 2010 – An independent United Nations human rights expert who recently visited Myanmar said today that there is no indication that the Government is willing to release political prisoners ahead of national elections scheduled for later this year.
Tomás Ojea Quintana, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, had stated prior to his 15-19 February visit that the elections should be fair and transparent, that freedom of speech, movement and association should be guaranteed in the country, and that all prisoners of conscience should be released before the polls so they can be as inclusive as possible.
“Without full participation, including by the some 2,100 prisoners of conscience, and an environment that allows people and parties to engage in the range of electoral activities, the elections cannot be credible,” he said today, as he presented his report to the 47-member Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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United Nations must enforce military Junta to honour the 1990 election result now, not another 2010 election in Burma
United Nations must enforce military Junta to honour the 1990 election result now, not another 2010 election in Burma
BDC -27 March 2008-Press Release
Burma Democratic Concern today called for United Nations to change their stand on Burma. They must have the clear vision. Military Regime declared to hold the referendum in May 2008. The regime manipulated the international community and misled by declaring the new election which will be taken place in 2010. United Nations seem to deem its vision on Burma by asking for inclusive 2010 election and transparent 2008 referendum.
“If this country is to achieve genuine democracy, the result of the elections of 1990 must be recognized. It must be recognized by the military regime, as it has been recognized by the people, and by the world at large. It is through this recognition that we will be able to make genuine progress in Burma. The results of the 1990 General Elections must be implemented is a resolution already taken by the United Nations. We already know that the General Assembly of the United Nations has accepted the notion that the will of the people has been expressed in the 1990 General Elections. This is something we cannot abandon. It will be to the detriment of our country if after an election has been held the results are not honoured and we do not resist attempts to trivialise it", once Daw Aung San Suu Kyi insisted.
A tremendous responsibility rests upon the United Nations Organisation to a far better end, and we are looking for a more positive and bolder lead of the United Nations. "The military regime is clearly ignoring the results of the 1990 elections and now it is questionable that United Nations is following their footstep" said Myo Thein, director of Burma Democratic Concern in United Kingdom.
"People show their destiny, their will and sacrifice their lives. How many more lives need to sacrifice to take serious action on Burma? United Nations must enforce the military regime to recognize the 1990 election results and take action on it now "added Khin Maung Win, the director of Burma Democratic Concern in United States.
United Nations must push military regime to do time-bound genuine dialogue and press to transfer the power to NLD which won the election. "The Burma situation is like the circle, we need to break the chain and start the new era" said Kyaw Lin Oo, the director of Burma Democratic Concern in Thailand.
Burma Democratic Concern is calling for the United Nations to enforce the Junta to honour the 1990 election results and start taking action on it now rather than following the footstep of the military Junta.
BDC -27 March 2008-Press Release
Burma Democratic Concern today called for United Nations to change their stand on Burma. They must have the clear vision. Military Regime declared to hold the referendum in May 2008. The regime manipulated the international community and misled by declaring the new election which will be taken place in 2010. United Nations seem to deem its vision on Burma by asking for inclusive 2010 election and transparent 2008 referendum.
“If this country is to achieve genuine democracy, the result of the elections of 1990 must be recognized. It must be recognized by the military regime, as it has been recognized by the people, and by the world at large. It is through this recognition that we will be able to make genuine progress in Burma. The results of the 1990 General Elections must be implemented is a resolution already taken by the United Nations. We already know that the General Assembly of the United Nations has accepted the notion that the will of the people has been expressed in the 1990 General Elections. This is something we cannot abandon. It will be to the detriment of our country if after an election has been held the results are not honoured and we do not resist attempts to trivialise it", once Daw Aung San Suu Kyi insisted.
A tremendous responsibility rests upon the United Nations Organisation to a far better end, and we are looking for a more positive and bolder lead of the United Nations. "The military regime is clearly ignoring the results of the 1990 elections and now it is questionable that United Nations is following their footstep" said Myo Thein, director of Burma Democratic Concern in United Kingdom.
"People show their destiny, their will and sacrifice their lives. How many more lives need to sacrifice to take serious action on Burma? United Nations must enforce the military regime to recognize the 1990 election results and take action on it now "added Khin Maung Win, the director of Burma Democratic Concern in United States.
United Nations must push military regime to do time-bound genuine dialogue and press to transfer the power to NLD which won the election. "The Burma situation is like the circle, we need to break the chain and start the new era" said Kyaw Lin Oo, the director of Burma Democratic Concern in Thailand.
Burma Democratic Concern is calling for the United Nations to enforce the Junta to honour the 1990 election results and start taking action on it now rather than following the footstep of the military Junta.
Election laws announced last week also state that her party must expel Suu Kyi if it wants to compete, and officially annul the result of Burma’s last elections in 1990, which the NLD won by a landslide.
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Opposition party to decide on elections
Burma’s opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party is to convene a plenary meeting with 120 senior members at the end of this month where they will likely decide on whether to run for elections this year.
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Burma’s opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party is to convene a plenary meeting with 120 senior members at the end of this month where they will likely decide on whether to run for elections this year.
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Opposition party to decide on elections
Burma’s opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party is to convene a plenary meeting with 120 senior members at the end of this month where they will likely decide on whether to run for elections this year.
The elections are beset by controversy, not least because detained NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi is barred from participating.
Election laws announced last week also state that her party must expel Suu Kyi if it wants to compete, and officially annul the result of Burma’s last elections in 1990, which the NLD won by a landslide.
The party’s 20-strong Central Executive Committee (CEC) met yesterday to formalise plans to hold the plenary meeting on 29 March, which will incorporate another 108 Central Committee (CC) members.
“We called a special joint CEC-CC meeting and discussed the laws recently announced by the [government] which are very crucial for us,” said CEC member Ohn Kyaing. “We brainstormed ways to make our stand and what to do.”
He said that the plenary meeting will include party members from different administrative regions in Burma and will decide on whether to register the party for elections, rumoured to be in October this year.
He added that the majority of the NLD’s 300 offices have been reopened and work had resumed after permission was granted by the government. The offices were closed in the wake of the 2003 Depayin massacre, in which 70 NLD supporters were beaten to death by a junta-backed mob.
But the government’s decision to allow the offices to reopen appears to conflict with election laws that much of the international community has condemned for the severe restrictions they place on opposition contenders.
The Philippines’ foreign secretary Alberto Romulo yesterday said that the laws were “contrary to the ‘road map to democracy’ that they [Burmese junta] pledged to [the Association of Southeast Asian Nations] and to the world”.
He added that he would directly press his Burmese counterpart, Nyan Win, during a meeting this week in Manila of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
http://www.dvb.no/elections/opposition-party-to-decide-on-elections/
The elections are beset by controversy, not least because detained NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi is barred from participating.
Election laws announced last week also state that her party must expel Suu Kyi if it wants to compete, and officially annul the result of Burma’s last elections in 1990, which the NLD won by a landslide.
The party’s 20-strong Central Executive Committee (CEC) met yesterday to formalise plans to hold the plenary meeting on 29 March, which will incorporate another 108 Central Committee (CC) members.
“We called a special joint CEC-CC meeting and discussed the laws recently announced by the [government] which are very crucial for us,” said CEC member Ohn Kyaing. “We brainstormed ways to make our stand and what to do.”
He said that the plenary meeting will include party members from different administrative regions in Burma and will decide on whether to register the party for elections, rumoured to be in October this year.
He added that the majority of the NLD’s 300 offices have been reopened and work had resumed after permission was granted by the government. The offices were closed in the wake of the 2003 Depayin massacre, in which 70 NLD supporters were beaten to death by a junta-backed mob.
But the government’s decision to allow the offices to reopen appears to conflict with election laws that much of the international community has condemned for the severe restrictions they place on opposition contenders.
The Philippines’ foreign secretary Alberto Romulo yesterday said that the laws were “contrary to the ‘road map to democracy’ that they [Burmese junta] pledged to [the Association of Southeast Asian Nations] and to the world”.
He added that he would directly press his Burmese counterpart, Nyan Win, during a meeting this week in Manila of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
http://www.dvb.no/elections/opposition-party-to-decide-on-elections/
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