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SLORC Press: NLD Isolated
Article by U Phyo: "Not the Right Time" in Burmese government daily,
MYANMAR ALIN, August 12, 1996, p. 6
[Excerpt; translated from the Burmese] According to four Pali words
referring to appropriate time, place, and circumstances the Burmese
nationals are familiar with, one must act and speak in accordance with
the prevailing situation and time. [passage omitted on examples of
inappropriate acts.]
Just look at the current Saturday and Sunday roadside public gatherings
[in front of Aung San Suu Kyi's residence]. What have Htet Htet Moe Pyu
[derogatory theatrical name given to Aung San Suu Kyi] and comedian U
Khaw Khaw [meaning bucktooth referring to U Tin U of the National League
for Democracy] been saying in coordination.
It has been learned that they have been finding fault with the military
government's performance and making exaggerations and muttering
unpleasant slanders. This is nothing but an act of pessimists, who are
devoid of reasoning, which is not in accordance with time, place, and
circumstances.
Is the State Law and Order Restoration Council [SLORC] government their
rival for them to be plotting an offensive stance? The SLORC government
is a military organization. It is not a political party. Only the
political parties compete among themselves. It is not in accordance with
time to be attacking a government which is paving the way toward genuine
multiparty democracy, giving priority to and safeguarding stability, and
striving on all fronts to bring development to a backward country.
They are deliberately obstructing, aggravating, and insulting the
government, which is striving to bring peace and development, to make the
government arrest, put them on trial, and imprison them when it becomes
intolerable. They are doing this to obtain public sympathy. They are
trying to gather public sympathy in preparation for elections which will
be held one day in the near future. [passage omitted on aggravation
against the government]
Htet Htet Moe Pyu's roadside show is getting more and more isolated from
the Defense Services and the Myanmar public.
They talked of wanting to hold dialogue with the government composed of
the military leaders, and yet they continue to insult, criticize, and
attack the military government. So how can a dialogue be held?
What we see clearly is that other than criticism against the SLORC
government from the pessimist roadside dance troupe, the SLORC government
has no problem, anxiety, or threat as the entire country is engaged in
unity in cultivation of crops, commerce, and constructive endeavors.
The country has no major problem serious enough to be holding dialogue
with the said dance troupe to seek advice and to listen to criticism.
Dialogues are held in some Western countries where there are a lot of
problems and an explosive situation. It is in their nature to hold
dialogue to seek solution. That is them.
Here, the problems which existed before have been solved due to
benevolent, correct, delicate, and constructive approach of the SLORC
government.
We have achieved solidarity which is unprecedented in previous eras.
Both the SLORC and the indigenous organizations are striving to further
strengthening this solidarity. There will be more mutual understanding
and sympathy as time goes by. [passage omitted on national development
endeavors.]
If the government has to negotiate and consult with this and that
organization, it will not be able to obtain outstanding political,
economic, and social results it has achieved presently. It is so because
party organizations in practice only consider their own party interests.
[passage omitted]
At the time progress is being in all fronts in the country, I view the
demand for dialogue by the roadside dance troupe as a hindrance.
I think the momentum of national development can be impeded by holding
dialogue with them. [passage omitted]
Any intelligent and cultured person should speak and act in accordance
with the time and circumstances and should not be excessive in words and
action out of anxiety before appropriate time. The roadside dance troupe
of Academy award winning Htet Htet Moe Pyu should not be competing with
the military government.! Their anxious act is like a thief who broke
into a spinster's time ahead of time. [passage omitted]
End.
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