Every day, she added, “explosions” happen anywhere, which is scaring the people.Myanmar for five decades had languished under strict military rule that led to international isolation and sanctions. Local citizens have formed a so-called People’s Defense Force with the National Unity Government, which “must try and bring them under a single command structure,” Schraner Burgener said, and protesters are shifting to offensive actions. “Clearly it’s sad to see that people have to use arms,” she said. is trying to stop the violence, which started with the military coup. She said she is also ready to talk to Chinese officials. She said she is flying to Japan on Tuesday to meet the foreign minister. Schraner Burgener has been holding talks with regional leaders and individuals and groups in Myanmar. She still has an office in the capital, Naypyitaw, and said she receives daily reports from many people in the country.
envoy asked to go to Myanmar to continue the discussion, but she said he replied “still it’s not the right time.” She said she isn’t giving up her efforts because she believes people would probably be encouraged by her presence. Schraner Burgener said the Tatmadaw declared on Sunday that it had changed the rules for the retirement age of the commander-in-chief which means Hlaing “could stay for life in this position.”Īfter her meeting with general Hlaing, which they agreed to keep private, the U.N. “Clearly, we should be aware that time is ticking and we have not a lot of time to see action on the ground, because time will just play in the hands of the military junta.”
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“So clearly it’s up to ASEAN how to react,” she said. And on Sunday he reportedly said in an interview with Chinese television “that he doesn’t see those five points can be implemented.” ASEAN issued a five-point action plan that calls for stopping violence, constructive dialogue, appointment of an ASEAN special envoy as mediator, humanitarian aid and the mediator’s visit to Myanmar.īut Schraner Burgener said a day later general Hlaing said he would consider the five points when the situation in Myanmar is stable.
Min Aung Hlaing, on the sidelines of a meeting last month of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, known as ASEAN, which includes Myanmar. envoy had an hour-long meeting with the junta’s military commander, Senior Gen.
Schraner Burgener called the military’s attempt to ban the NLD “unacceptable” and said, “I also hope the NLD will survive because this is the will of the people.” Her lawyer, Min Min Soe, said Suu Kyi wanted to tell Myanmar’s people that the party was founded for them, and “the NLD will exist as long as the people exist.” Suu Kyi appeared in court in person for the first time since the coup on Monday on a variety of charges, amid threats by the military to disband her National League for Democracy party which won 82% of the vote in November’s election. The coup took place following November elections, which Suu Kyi’s party won overwhelmingly and the military contests as fraudulent. As the generals loosened their grip, culminating in Aung San Suu Kyi’s rise to leadership in 2015 elections, the international community responded by lifting most sanctions and pouring investment into the country. Myanmar for five decades had languished under strict military rule that led to international isolation and sanctions. She also pointed to new reports of increased violence in Kayah state - also known as Karenni state - in eastern Myanmar and in southern Shan state. envoy also cited reports of unconfirmed deaths, injuries, and damage to houses and civilian property in the town of Mindat in western Chin state, where the junta declared martial law because of armed resistance to military rule. Read | Myanmar’s Suu Kyi appears in court in person for first time since coupĬalling the situation in Myanmar “very bad,” she pointed to more than 800 people killed, over 5,300 arrested, and more than 1,800 arrest warrants issued by the military.
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