26.11.2006
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Letters to Editor
Malaysian P.M. Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi recently said, “APEC should return to its original purpose as an instrument for promoting economic growth through trade.” He criticized US for using APEC to pressure on other partners to pressure Korea and Burma. He reminded US that APEC is not the proper forum but security issues must be reserved for the Asean Regional Forum.
In addition, Qatar, an OIC member, cast a protest vote in UNSC concerning discussions on Burma.
UN and Mr. Gambari are doing a great job for peaceful negotiation with the present military rulers of Myanmar and all the opposition. We need a stronger mandate for Mr. Gambari from the UN Security Council. However, Russia and China are strongly protesting Burma issue to be discussed in UN Security Council. Japan was also against but now thanks to US, it changed its stance.
It is a shame that Malaysia and Qatar ignore the sufferings of all the Burmese People including the religious atrocities on their fellow Muslims and Christian citizens by the present military government. It is a shame that all the OIC LEADERS including Qatar, Malaysia and Arabs conveniently forget and ignored the sufferings of fellow Muslims Minorities out side OIC. It is time to change their mind-set now.
Mohd Noor Ibn Abdullah
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Dr Maharthir in his interview with BURMA DIGEST shockingly revealed that Malaysia had to wait for 450 years for their freedom. Therefore, we have the choice to wait a long time for a possible revolution and punish SPDC or immediately initiate a peace deal by cooperating with UN’s efforts through Mr. Gambari. We could request US to push other UN Security Members to give Mr. Gambari with more power.
We must be pragmatic and realistic. We cannot wait for more; our precious manpower or brain power is wasted under detention and exile. Moreover, Daw Suu and all the political leaders including Student Leaders are suffering in jail. SPDC jails are thousand of times worse then the Apartheid’s jail.
Yes, we need to do dialogue with the SPD Generals. Without concrete promise of immunity, we can not win their trust and cooperation for peaceful, meaningful dialogue, and national reconciliation leading to transforming to a true democratic transforming into a secular, federal Union of Burma.
All the present opposition should be united to form a formidable force. No one of us should just betray our noble cause of democracy and human-rights, and cooperate with SPDC for a short-term selfish gains. But we all must have a common flexible strategy to solve the present political quagmire or stalemate.
SHWE BA
Comments:
Mogyo said _
To be honest, I do not think there are enough reasons for the regime to have dialogue with opposition. If the opposition groups continue to be divided as they are now, military will finally got them one way or the other, sooner or later. The opposition groups have to put aside their personal or group interests and grudges to become united and work in every possible ways to achieve common good or they all will succumb into the doomed future along with all our people including our children, parents, brothers, sisters and relatives. Unless the day, all the oppositions are united, becomes reality, we all have to bear the sufferings, humiliation and indiginity. For the good of all people and to regain out national pride, to avoid being recorded as ineffective, divided, pathetic people, the only way is to become united or to transfer the leadership to new blood as it should be in democratic institutions.
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involvement of UN should reassure the junta that there will definitely be
absolute amnesty for them if they want to exit. But it is almost impossible that
regime will even think it as an opportunity for them to quit at all, because
they are increasingly confident that everything is under their control and the
oppositions are paper tigers. And they will say as once Napoleon said our people
do not deserve democracy.
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