A true dialogue should have a moder

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Subject: A true dialogue should have a moderate and flexible approach.

Those who are interested in Myanmar affairs should not only request the
Myanmar Government but also the NLD, to engage in a more moderate and
flexible policy in order to relieve the political tension in Myanmar. 

Yours sincerely,
Win Naing, Ph.D
P.O Box, 2029, Kita-shinjuku P.O,
shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
Tel. (+81)-904-850-2738
Fax.(+81)-557-53-3754
E-mail: win9@xxxxxxxxx

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For your reference : No.(1)
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The following are the comment of Dr. Win Naing at the conference, sponsored
 by Christian Aid and Burma Action Group(BAG), on the 15th. October 1998 in
Regent  College, London (U.K).
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I am Dr. Win Naing, from Japan. I was granted refugee status, by the
Government of Japan in 1992. But, after completing all procedures for
relinquishing refugee status, I returned to my motherland on 19th. Aug.
1998 for a brief stay. I would like to recount to you, the two main facts
which I learned while in Myanmar, from 20th..August to 19th.
September,1998.
(1) 	The position of the Myanmar Government is that the Myanmar people
themselves should solve their internal problems with mutual understanding,
confidence and respect for one another.
(2) 	Provided the NLD will relax its present rigid stand and be more
flexible, the present Myanmar Government is fully ready and willing to work
together with the NLD for the good of the country.
A true dialogue should have a moderate and flexible approach. No one can
doubt that good results can be achieved by a true dialogue under the
conditions that two parties are flexible and bear respect and mutual
understanding towards one another.
I would like to express my own opinion to you all that those who are
interested in Myanmar affairs should not only request the Myanmar
Government but also the NLD, to engage in a more moderate and flexible
policy in order to relieve the political tension in Myanmar. 
The " Diary Of My Travels In Myanmar" is available at the desk of this
conference for your further reference. I have recounted to you the actual
conditions that now prevail in the country and my opinion.
I submit the above for your due consideration.  Thank you.

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For your reference : No.(2)
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Myanmar opposition Party Hluttaw Representatives strongly criticize Party's
Moves

25 Pyithue Hluttaw Representatives Sign Declaration Demanding Party Start 
Dialogue with Government

(Extract from a Japanese language article appearing in the ASAHI newspaper
of 28 April 1999 made by Mr. Ryotsuke ONO, Bangkok, 27, April, 1999 )

It is learnt that a signed declaration, requesting their party to have a
dialogue with the Government, has been submitted to both the Myanmar
Government and their own NLD party as well, by 25 Opposition Pyithue
Hluttaw Representatives who were elected in the 1990 Multi-party Democracy
General Election. In their declaration, they state that, " to have a
dialogue, both the Government and the NLD must show flexibility and the
willingness to compromise."

They go on to point out that " NLD's decision to convene Parliament on its
own has itself become a big obstacle to the holding of a dialogue," and
criticize the NLD Central Committee's action. This is the first time in
Myanmar that such a group of 25 NLD Hluttaw Representatives has released a
signed declaration blaming on its own party.

The signed declaration, issued on 26 April 1999, was addressed to one of
the Government leaders Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt as well as to NLD chairman U Aung
Shwe. Those signing the declaration include a well-known lawyer U Tun Shwe
and a prominent NLD "woman sub-committee" member Daw Khin Aye Myint.

The declaration first states that " Under the pressure of the Myanmar
Government, NLD party members have resigned from the party ..(and) .. some
party members have been detained ..." . The 25 NLD Pyithue Hluttaw
Representatives then went on to say that " Prospect for holding a dialogue
have been greatly reduced by the NLD's unilateral decision to hold a
Hluttaw meeting by itself. Therefore we demand that the decision to convene
Parliament on its own be reviewed."

Regarding the declaration signed by the 25 NLD Pyithue Hluttaw
Representatives, diplomatic circles in Myanmar commented: " The Government
seems to have succeeded in urging some NLD Hluttaw Representatives to issue
such a declaration. The NLD has no further recourse left to it to reduce
the political impasse between itself and the Government. The feeling of
being suffocated with no political outlet is becoming more and more evident
among NLD  Hluttaw Representatives at present."

END.

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