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INTERNATIONAL BURMESE MONKS ORGANIZATION (INDIA)
F-34, F-Block, VikasPuri, 110018. New Delhi, Ph : +91145535099
Statement on the 3rd Anniversary of the Saffron Movement
26th September 2010
Today marks 3rd anniversary of Saffron Movement that Burmese Buddhist Monks
( Sangha ) took the streets of major cities across Burma and march peaceful procession by chanting Buddha Mantra for the peace, prosperity and national reconciliation in the country. The worst dictatorial regime of the world SPDC ( State Peace and Development Council ) notorious with its arrogant to hang on power at any cost, brutally crack down on peaceful procession of Buddhist Monks. In which United Nations reported about three hundreds including monks were killed and three more had disappeared.
In fact, the Burmese Buddhist Monks ( Sangha ) are trying to mediating political deadlock between the Daw Aung San Suu Kyi led democratic loving people and ruling military junta that has taken place since 1988. Then the nation-wide pro-democracy uprising took place in Burma. It will forever be remembered as the Four 8’s or the 1350 Revolution (Burmese Calendar Year for 1988) in which students, monks and people from all walks of life made their ultimate sacrifices for democracy and human rights.
Though twenty two years has lapsed, the democratic struggle for achieving the goal of the Four 8’s uprising has not yet concluded. Moreover, the SPDC military regime is still keeping Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and several public leaders behind bars. At this very moment, there are over 2000 known political prisoners being illegally held without free and fair trials. Meanwhile, the military regime is making an all-out effort to wipe out the 1990 Elections’ result which is the fruit of the Four 8’s and to legitimize the permanent military dictatorship by giving life to its pro-military 2008 constitution. Therefore, Burma and its people are indeed facing the moment of truth today.
The elections will be held in accordance with the 2008 pro-military dictatorship constitution. Leaders including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi have been excluded from contesting these elections. This constitution guarantees that the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services has an absolute and infinite power over the elected body Pyithu Hluttaw (People Parliament), and has the final say in all national affairs including the removal of the pseudo-civilian government from power at will. By default, the armed forces will fill one fourth of the total seats of both union and state legislative bodies with its members. Thus, this pro-military dictatorship constitution does not guarantee even the rights of the elected members, let alone the rights of common people. Within the political system set up by this constitution, any political party, regardless of its being elected as majority or not, is designed to be controlled like a puppet-government by the military regime.
Therefore, NLD along with other winning political parties of 1990 elections have decided not to re-register as a party and to boycott against the sham elections as an objection to both unfair and unjust rules and regulation of the upcoming elections and the antidemocratic, pro-military dictatorship constitution. Furthermore, public leaders including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, U Win Tin and U Aye Thar Aung have boldly urged the people to boycott the elections.
This sham election will not only legitimize the enslavement of the people by the military dictators but cause more domestic political unrests followed by more military coup d’états in the future. On this 3rd Anniversary of Saffron Movement the entire population of Burma and international community are therefore urged to boycott and defy against the sham elections that exclude the public leaders including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
International Burmese monks organization (India)
Contact- Ashin Pannasiri
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