New Post (26) : Burma’s elections - a sham & a shame !
Electoral democracy is a pre-requisite for democracy but it is not “sufficient” as a pre-condition.
Burma's first elections in two decades is both a sham and a shame designed to keep a repressive military government in power.
After nearly 50 years in power, Burma's military claims the first elections in 20 years are part of a plan to return to civilian democracy. True lies ?
Fact is…
The military controls everything in Burma
The NLD won Burma's last elections but the military ignored the results and forced many members to flee to Thailand.
The out of control military …….has done everything possible to neuter the (NLD) National League for Democracy, the main opposition………for refusing to expel leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The darling of the free world.
Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained for most of the past 20 years, and thousands of government critics have been imprisoned. That is the bitter reality.
She is the Nelson Mandella of Burma. The M.K.Gandhi of Burma. The Martin Luther King of Burma---all rolled into one.
The free world stands with her and with what she stands for !
Charlie Brown
