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‘Thirty Comrades’ Survivor’s Shwedagon Wish

Lest we forget, let me remind you all that we owed a debt of gratitude to all Thirty Comrades. Particularly the Tatmadaw members, you will not be where you are now without the sacrifices of the Thirty Comrades under the leadership of Bogyoke Aung San. Now that one of his surviving Comrades, Ex-Brig Gen Kyaw Zaw, wished to say his last rites at the foot of Great Shwe Dagon Pagoda,why can’t we repay our gratitude to the old soldier before it’s too late? Why can’t we be compassionate? Remember he is 93 and gravely ill. Allow him immediate return to his cherished motherland. At least let the old soldier know that his motherland is grateful for what he has sacrificed.

—U Ngwe Winm

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Freedom of worship (Religious Freedom) is one of the very basic cornerstones in democratic societies. Separation of Religion and State must be included in our constitution. Other than that the majority group will always exploit their numbers to oppress the minority groups. It happened in the past, it is happening today. If the law isn’t clearly there, it will happen in the future too. The government must not side with any particular religion. Promoting Buddhism above other religions by any means is undemocratic. Government must not use the State Funds to promote Buddhism. Personally, everybody can donate or contribute for charity but in the past, Myanmar government used State Funds to promote Buddhism. This is totally wrong and the government must stop this kind of undemocratic behavior and action. At the same time, leave the religious sectors to religious leaders. The religious leaders also need to refrain from party politics. Do not cross the line.

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How will the national pie be shared if at all? What’s in it for ordinary working folk, farmers, etc. including the minorities? Trickle down? Drip feeding? SEZ exploitation by international capital where you can’t have a break to take a leak, complete with weak unions and poor health & safety regulations, no holiday & sick benefits? More land-grabbing by the cronies (expect partnerships with foreigners and generals’ families) and transformation to wage slaves for the farmers? Better to be exploited than not, eh?
Hla Shwe hit it on the nail. Seventeen months is a long time for any administration worth its salt except military dictatorships and autocratic rule. Min Zaw at least can afford a bus fare. Many just have to walk to work at the crack of dawn, and home again in the pitch dark after a long day, six days a week. What kind of life is that?
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“Peace talks”, pleasant to hear! Except for the fact that it always turns out nothing more than both parties just talking peacefully. At every peace talk, a hint of political dialog is mentioned, but without any further discussion followed. True, code of conduct and relocation of troops are steps required, but what’s the next step? Who knows it’s just a way of avoiding lasting peace? Or a way of lulling KNU into sleeping?

—Tun

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