Editor Sir,
You can call us pessimists, but we would like to express our worries over future of Myanmar.At 5753rd meeting of Security Council held on Friday, 5 October 2007, Mr.Gambari said ;The Council is already aware of the following key areas in which I have been encouraging the Government to make tangible progress:
first, the release of all political prisoners, including those arrested in the course of recent demonstrations;
secondly, the promotion of an all-inclusive national reconciliation process;
thirdly, full cooperation with, and better access for, humanitarian organizations;
fourthly, the cessation of hostilities in conflict areas, including in Kayin State; and
fifthly, continued cooperation with the International Labour Organization.
These are great encouraging words for all Myanmar people. Yet, we can't be very happy as we see SPDC's furtive advances.We wish they are just our hallucinations.
Next to every release of arrested protesters, more arrest and night raids are still occurring. SPDC's newspapers are telling us clearly that they are going to imprison everyone who had active participation in the September 07 demonstrations. Security Council can, in no way, hope to see the release of any political prisoners.
General Than Shwe has condescended to negotiate with Daw Aung San Su Kyi. We suspect this is their old trick for alleviating the impending action from Security Council. After the action has been successfully averted, they will indefinitely prolong the negotiating process by setting unconscionable conditions as they already did.We can hope to see little or no changes in all five areas.
We can see that SPDC is uniting with North Korea, Cuba and Iran. The dishonorable ambition is to form an anti-western alliance in case ASEAN dump him and to secure nuclear power to fend off possible but improbable US invasion.Now, China and Myanmar threaten the whole world that Myanmar will quit UN if Security Council takes harsh measure against its blatant violation of human rights. We can sense, in SPDC's announcements, their motive to disband present NLD by declaring it illegal and thence automatically nullifying the 1990 election results. Then, they can take advantage on weakness of new re-formed NLD in upcoming referendum and election which are sure to be rigged if held without international close-up monitoring. We have rumors of SPDC's moles in local UN units. They are going to stick to their old SML ( Steal, Murder and Lie ). And yet, Mr. Wang Guangya believes "The current situation does not pose any threat to international or regional peace and security. The future of Myanmar lies in the hands of its people and its Government." We doubt the sincerity in his belief. Why Chinese government is helping Myanmar Junta ?
1. They believe democracy activists in Myanmar are not likely to win
2. They want Myanmar as an anti-western stronghold
3. They want Myanmar's help to secure Tibet and Yunnan
4. They want Arakan sea ports
5. They want to buy "TEAR GAS" from Myanmar
6. They don't want an Umbrella Sanction to destroy China's current headstart in trade with Myanmar
7. They want to avoid another Tiananmen uprising in China which was inspired by 8888 uprising in Myanmar
8. They want Myanmar's embrace for chinese residents in Myanmar
Some of these facts may apply to India and to some ASEAN countries too.But, in their desperate efforts in cooking favors with Myanmar Junta to get a chance for "Fishing in the troubled water", they are unwittingly antagonizing the people of Myanmar. In Mr.B.Raman's words;"In Myanmar, it is not just normal business with the military junta. We have been pampering it and showing undue sensitivity to it by avoiding active interactions with the civil society and pro-democracy elements and by avoiding any articulation of our views on Su Kyi and the pro-democracy movement.
Ref: http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20070720&fname=raman&sid=1&pn=2
We are afraid they might face adverse effects from Myanmar when democratic forces won the days.
These are our view and you can take us as paranoiacs. But, please remember SPDC's leaders are much worse sociopaths.We don't want gentlemen in Security Council to under-estimate the malevolence the Junta is capable of. Has anyone foreseen that North Korea will become this way ?We want UN peace-keeping forces in Myanmar.
With Respects,
A Group of Private Citizens in Myanmar.
