Representatives of
the People elected to the Parliament in the 1990 multiparty democratic
elections
(Committee
Representing the People's Parliament)
Notification 16 (8/00)
The
National League for Democracy is a legitimate national political party. Its candidates were elected as the people's
choice in the 1990 multi-party general elections, which was free and fair. The
military dictators have gazetted the NLD candidates who contested and were
voted in as valid people's representatives.
The
military dictators have since the
The
perpetrators of these illegal incarcerations by the use of force have
shamelessly and brazenly declared to the country and the world that they are
being kept in " guesthouses for the purpose of
discussions". These victims and
their families have not been told what offences, if any, they have
committed to deserve this prolonged illegal confinement. The only reason for such
malevolent action is that the military dictators harbor hatred and enmity
against the NLD which is working purely for the national good of the country
without holding any malice or spite.
One
extraordinary twist that has now occurred after such a prolonged incarceration is this. The innocent Dr. Thein
Lwin, Pyithu
Hluttaw representative from Meiktila township
constituency 2, (Mandalay division) who was incarcerated since 6 September 1998 was remanded on 1
July, 2000 at the instigation of Sergeant Tin Aye of Meiktila
Military Intelligence No 15 under the notorious and detestable provision of law
(Section 5-j).
The
so-called "guest houses" and "discussions", terms used by
the military dictators are so contradictory and opposed to the actual facts.
How can any discussion commencing on the
We
vigorously denounce this.
Committee
Representing the People's Parliament