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Myanmar exiles’ critical reflections on their war-locked native Myanmar
Maung Zarn
Maung Zani
FORSEA’s Maung Zarni told Singapore’s Mandarin news outlet that ex-Senior General and coup leader Min Aung Hlaing assuming presidency is like a snaking shedding its old skin.
Nothing really has changed in terms of the embattled military – once representative of at least Bama ethnic majority – its militarism and its attempts to repeat the same old tried and failed policies and mindset of institutional domination over the populations, Burmese & non-Burmese.
Harn Yawnghwe
Harn Yawnghwe (photo by Zarni)
Similarly, Harn Yawnghwe, former presidential advisor on peace during the first transitional semi-democratic government of ex-Gen. Thein Sein (2010-2015) told Myanmar language Shan News Agency that there are no prospects for peace or trust-building as long as Myanmar’s quasi-elected regime of Min Aung Hlaing continues bombing different populations, those that don’t wish to live under the military’s boot.
Harn pointed out that the previous transitional government sought to have peace with armed resistance movements with the view towards a democratic Myanmar. In sharp contrast, the current coup leader, Min Aung Hlaing and his regime, are trying to revive fully the popularly rejected 2008 Constitution designed to cement the military in power indefinitely.
Read the English versions of the two news items in Google Translate:
https://www.zaobao.com.sg/
https://burmese.shannews.org/
