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It is difficult to understand why the
NLD would stand alone in its quest for
attaining democracy in Burma.  For
example the UNLD has quite a number of
member of parliaments and there are
independent MPs. I was informed that at
the Bo Aung Kyaw road meeting many
members proposed to convene and build a
government immediately.  I still believe
that with or  without convening the
parliament the elected members of 1990
election could form a government
regardless of what the SPDC junta does.

On the otherhand how can the "NLD"
Committee be the representative of all
nationalities, when the elected of the
nationalities are ignored?  Ai I
completely out of touch?

Forgive  if I completely misunderstand.
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>Media Release
>
>Burma
>
>26th September 1998
>ABC Demanding recognition of the
>"Committee representing the Pyithu
Hluttaw".
>
>"It is high time the international
community gave complete legal and
>political recognition to the Committee
representing the Pyithu Hluttaw,"
>said U Tin Tut, who was elected in the
May 1990 election in Burma for the
>NLD and now resides in Australia.
>
>The Australia Burma Council (ABC)
recognises the "Committee" as the only
>legal body inside Burma with the
authority to convene a parliament.  We
>support the call by U Tin Tut for the
international community to give legal
>and political recognition to the
"Committee" as a matter of urgency.  The
>ABC will make every effort to lobby the
Australian Government and all
>Members and Senators of the Parliament
to secure recognition for the
>"Committee" and the implementation of
economic sanctions should the military
>refuse to comply with the decisions of
the "Committee".
>
>In a statement released on the 25th
September U Tin Tut reiterated his
>support for the 10 person committee
which was set up by the NLD to represent
>the Peoples Parliament.  "The Committee
will speak on behalf of the Peoples
>Parliament until the political climate
in Burma is conducive to a full
>Peoples Parliament being convened.  The
"Committee representing the Pyithu
>Hluttaw" has my moral and legal
support", he said.
>
>Background
>
>In May 1998, the 8th anniversary of the
1990 General Elections in Burma, the
>NLD issued an ultimatum to the military
of Burma that Parliament must be
>convened by the 21st August.  The
military responded by illegally
detaining
>(as at 17th September) 195 NLD elected
politicians, 639 NLD members and
>hundreds of students and NLD
supporters.  Aware of the potential for
this to
>occur the NLD insured their plan by
acquiring the legal authority of 250 NLD
>elected politicians representing 54.6%
of the surviving Peoples Parliament
>members, 41 elected politicians from
the Shan, Rakhine, Mon and Zomi and 10
>elected politicians (in exile) from the
NCGUB.
>
>On the 14th August 1998 the NLD also
secured the support of political
>parties, representing non-Burman ethnic
states, which did not participate in
>the 1990 General Elections. They are:
the New Mon State Party, (NMSP), a
>signatory of a cease-fire agreement
with the military, the Shan
>Nationalities Peoples Liberation
Organisation (SNPLO), a signatory of a
>cease-fire agreement with the military,
Karenni Nationalities Peoples
>Liberation Front (KNPLF), a signatory
of a cease-fire agreement with the
>military and the Kayan New Land party
(KNLP).
>
>With this legal authority the NLD has
now formed the "Committee acting for,
>and on behalf of, the Pyithu Hluttaw
which were elected at the 1990
>Multi-party General Elections",
abbreviated to "Committee representing
the
>Pyithu Hluttaw".
>
>Media Information: Dr Myint Cho (02)
9264 7694
>                                 Amanda
Zappia (02) 6297 7734
>
>
>Free Burma Coalition, Australia
>
>Working for the:
>National Coalition Government of the
Union of Burma
>Federation of Trade Unions, Burma
>Australia Burma Council
>
>PO Box 2024, Queanbeyan  NSW  2620
>Ph: +61-2-6297-7734  Fax:
+61-2-6297-7773
>
>