Zomi for Federalization and Democratization of Burma
2011-07-06 04:55:26 UTC
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Do you want to be promoted to the rank of director-general, managing
director, deputy minister, minister, brigadier-general, major-general,
lieutenant-general, general, etc. in Burma?
Do these, and you might be promoted:
(1) Be very cruel.
(2) Be a torturer.
(3) Be a rapist.
(4) Be a man (not a woman).
(5) Be a Buddhist (not a Christian, or a Muslim, or a Hindu).
(6) Be a murderer.
(7) Be a backbiter.
(8) Be an anti-democracy, pro-dictatorship activist.
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Special Reports
Democracy hopes fading in Myanmar
Published: June 30, 2011 at 10:00 AM
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Photo:
Democracy-hopes-fading-in-Myanmar.jpg
A file photo of Myanmar's new national flag. The country's new
national flag was unveiled last October, just two weeks before an
election that the government calls a major step toward transition to
democracy. UPI/Stephen Shaver
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LONDON, June 30 (UPI) -- The main opposition party in Myanmar vowed to
play a role in political life, but one advocate said hopes for
democracy in the country are waning.
State-run newspapers in Myanmar ran columns warning pro-democracy
leader Aung San Suu Kyi that her travels outside of the commercial
capital Naypyitaw could stoke chaos in the country.
Mark Farmaner, an advocate at Burma Campaign UK, told The Independent
newspaper in London any hopes of democratic reform in the country were
fading quickly.
"Myanmar's new dictator, Thein Sein, has revealed his true colors with
these threats," he said. "He is emerging as even less tolerant of
dissent than (former leader) Than Shwe."
Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace prize laureate, led her National League for
Democracy to a 1990 election victory that was never recognized. She
spent much of the last decade in detention but was freed last year
during the country's general elections.
Her NLD decided against taking part in the election. Win Tin, a senior
NLD member, was quoted as saying his group's activities would carry on
"according to the law."
Myanmar touted last year's elections, the first in nearly two decades,
as a path toward civilian leadership, though the election was dubbed a
sham by the international community.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2011/06/30/Democracy-hopes-fading-in-Myanmar/UPI-58321309442446/#ixzz1RIPxPMxQ
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2011/06/30/Democracy-hopes-fading-in-Myanmar/UPI-58321309442446/
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Do you want to be promoted to the rank of director-general, managing
director, deputy minister, minister, brigadier-general, major-general,
lieutenant-general, general, etc. in Burma?
Do these, and you might be promoted:
(1) Be very cruel.
(2) Be a torturer.
(3) Be a rapist.
(4) Be a man (not a woman).
(5) Be a Buddhist (not a Christian, or a Muslim, or a Hindu).
(6) Be a murderer.
(7) Be a backbiter.
(8) Be an anti-democracy, pro-dictatorship activist.
=====
Special Reports
Democracy hopes fading in Myanmar
Published: June 30, 2011 at 10:00 AM
==
Photo:
Democracy-hopes-fading-in-Myanmar.jpg
A file photo of Myanmar's new national flag. The country's new
national flag was unveiled last October, just two weeks before an
election that the government calls a major step toward transition to
democracy. UPI/Stephen Shaver
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LONDON, June 30 (UPI) -- The main opposition party in Myanmar vowed to
play a role in political life, but one advocate said hopes for
democracy in the country are waning.
State-run newspapers in Myanmar ran columns warning pro-democracy
leader Aung San Suu Kyi that her travels outside of the commercial
capital Naypyitaw could stoke chaos in the country.
Mark Farmaner, an advocate at Burma Campaign UK, told The Independent
newspaper in London any hopes of democratic reform in the country were
fading quickly.
"Myanmar's new dictator, Thein Sein, has revealed his true colors with
these threats," he said. "He is emerging as even less tolerant of
dissent than (former leader) Than Shwe."
Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace prize laureate, led her National League for
Democracy to a 1990 election victory that was never recognized. She
spent much of the last decade in detention but was freed last year
during the country's general elections.
Her NLD decided against taking part in the election. Win Tin, a senior
NLD member, was quoted as saying his group's activities would carry on
"according to the law."
Myanmar touted last year's elections, the first in nearly two decades,
as a path toward civilian leadership, though the election was dubbed a
sham by the international community.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2011/06/30/Democracy-hopes-fading-in-Myanmar/UPI-58321309442446/#ixzz1RIPxPMxQ
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2011/06/30/Democracy-hopes-fading-in-Myanmar/UPI-58321309442446/
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