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WARDROBE CHANGE DOES NOT
BRING DEMOCRACY...
SPDC STILL IN POWER:
Than Shwe calls the shots;
New laws stregthen military power;
New Parliament: MPs under ?house
arrest?;
Restrictions dominate parliamentary
proceedings;
Political Parties Registration Law still
threatens parties and MPs;
Parliamentary debate a sham;
Parliamentary committees to control
legislative activity...
THEIN SEIN: THAN SHWE?S ?YES
MAN? BECOMES PRESIDENT:
Vice-President # 1: Tin Aungmyint Oo;
Vice-President # 2: Mauk Kham aka
Maung Ohn...
THE CABINET: 100% ARE MEN, 86%
ARE MILITARY MEN...
AT THE LOCAL LEVEL: ETHNIC
NATIONALITIES
UNDERREPRESENTED:
Key Positions at Division and State Level...
PARLIAMENT WHO?S WHO:
STRONGMEN, DRUG LORDS, AND
CRONIES:
The generals? new clothes;
Drug lords and regime cronies elected...
ETHNIC NATIONALITY AREAS -
CONFLICT ESCALATES:
Karen State: Conflict rages;
Shan State: Attacks on multiple fronts;
Kachin State: Ceasefire broken,
militarization increased;
Chin State: Hostilities flare up;
Mon State: Ceasefire on shaky ground;
New ethnic military alliance formed...
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION: THE
CRACKDOWN CONTINUES:
Media persons face harassment and
imprisonment;
Internet monitoring, phone bugging
stepped up;
Censorship intensifies...
POLITICAL PRISONERS - MORE THAN
2,000 STILL DETAINED:
No amnesty for political prisoners;
Detention conditions remain abysmal...
FLEEING BURMA?S ?DEMOCRACY?-
MORE REFUGEES AND IDPS
UN says Burma is a regional burden;
More Rohingya take to the sea;
New arrivals at Thai-Burma border
camps;
SPDC Army offensives fuel internal
displacement...
BURMA?S ECONOMY - A BOON FOR
MILITARY, CRONIES, & FOREIGN
INVESTORS:
Prices rise on political uncertainty;
Military spending still top priority;
Thousands strike in Rangoon;
Students protest;
Burma has the world?s sixth least free
economy;
Regime cronies acquire state properties;
SEZs line the cronies? pockets;
Tavoy projects threaten local livelihoods
and exploit workers;
China?s looting of Burma continues...
NLD & DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
STILL KEY POLITICAL PLAYERS:
NLD, Daw Suu step up political activities;
NLD outlines economic policy;
Daw Suu - selection of policy-oriented
statements...
ANATOMY OF THE NEW REGIME
Source/publisher:
ALTSEAN-Burma (BURMA ISSUES & CONCERNS VOL.7)
Date of Publication:
2011-04-00
Date of entry:
2011-04-26
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