in fairness here in europe the explosive 1000000 tons of plastic waste. is the other money. after all the fun is interest cyclable. make up your own mind. w. made for mines. myanmar's democratic hopes have been shattered on february 1st the armed forces staged a coup seizing back power after a decade of cautious change for 50 years generals have ruled the multi-ethnic state with an iron fist and practical isolation from the outside world then 10 years ago under pressure from international sanctions the military allowed elections and the

introduction of what it called disciplined democracy. the military held a long son suchi under house arrest for 15 years. became an icon of the struggle for freedom the nobel peace laureate began fighting for democracy in myanmar in the 1990 s. . as the military came under more and more pressure from sanctions and economic boycotts they decided to release their arch enemy from house arrest in 2010 a sign of goodwill toward the west but on song suchi was barred from standing in the forthcoming elections and her national league for democracy boycotted. virtually unopposed the military gained almost all of the seats. in any case the constitution guarantees the armed forces 25 percent of seats and key ministries.

the civil service and police remain under the general's control. the commander in chief directly appointed the ministers for defense order affairs and the interior. some members of the military exchange their green uniforms for white civilian apparel. a former long serving general who is made president. he was ordered to usher in a cautious. transition open society. you know where i learned a lot of a lot of the room no matter who is who i would never have dreamt that i would become president. what after i became president and head of government obama i picked the cabinet. almost all of the ministers i chose came from the previous military junta they were well educated and experienced you know men you know a very beautiful but none of us had any idea how we should engineer the transition to democracy we had lived with democracy for more than 50 years. i don't.

know. before being appointed the 1st civilian president of myanmar after the dictatorship general tain sane had been involved in overseeing the creation of a new constitution. before 2010 the country was under the control of a military dictatorship and the result was widespread poverty because the state was bankrupt and the west imposed sanctions upon us. and there were many other problem and. with. but no one really ever had the intention of good hearing to democratic principles rather despite a few reforms they wanted to stick with military rulers it will become your behold

. the reforms have the sole aim of improving relations with the west. so how you can call on. the top priority was the lifting of sanctions. but it would have been difficult for the new government to win over the international community without involving that then opposition leader aung sang suu kyi. with just a few seats to fill in parliament it was decided that aung sang suu kyi should be allowed to stand in the 2012 by elections it was more a symbolic gesture the risk was small. only 80 percent of the seats were being contested. but it gave the opposition of foot in the door. pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi has taken her place in me in months parliaments ushering in a new political arena around 50 years of military dictatorship and the little bell in the story it turned out that even the elected members of the team pledged to

safeguard the constitution it's going to change for a woman who's been incarcerated most of the last 20 years one of her closest associates was fellow party member when tame so when i arrived at the door of the with a lot of media whether. i told them any rebels or commie rebels are coming. the 79 year old was detained after the february military coup and remains in custody he was a political prisoner from 1989 to 2010 actually weigh a rebels we had struggled along so many years nearly 3 decades yet their status as insurgents changed overnight and then recounted on sask above ground insurgents if they did not underground. one sense you could see into a party only hold 8 percent of seats in parliament so at 1st glance they don't seem

to have much in the fridge the military had hardly left them any room to maneuver but on song suchi and her supporters were determined to make the most of it they knew that the architects of this disciplined democracy wouldn't play fair our objective was to continue our struggle. because based on our political principles and to get a truly democratic state. i have 3 tremendous conclusion assuming the free citizen is in any way on the assistance of my fleece to be switching to fit for you would like through either reduce their presence or not have them in the parliament we would like all the parliament to be in line with international values it's not because we want to move and buy this. due to her iron will and her charisma the military id on song suchi with suspicion. back of confidence. as you have to point point one the greatest weakness that's

a lack of trust and confidence the nobody trusts anybody. has this this is the result of years and years of dictatorship authoritarian rule you all have have to be careful you don't know who is informing on whom and this lack of trust has seeped into our very bones in a sense the system how to bring about reconciliation. the new civilian representatives might have been full of good intentions but the generals still have the upper hand. the military had created a constitution that cemented its own standing leaving the civilian government with little real power. the constitution guaranteed the military 25 percent of seats and veto rights meaning the constitution couldn't be changed without its approval. the new constitution also had an article $59.00 that was made specifically to keep song

suchi out of the running it barred anyone becoming president or vice president if their spouse or children were not citizens of man mark. it was designed to curb suchi is political ambitions she had studied in the u.k. and the u.s. like her late husband her 2 sons are british citizens plenty more she got. to go do it but he's now judy to protect the constitution and everybody was calling to the me in my constitution the most important task of the military is to ensure that the country's fundamental laws are respected. that the job korea vietnam. the military generals were confident that the much revered and beloved song suchi would never be able to become manned mars president.

i think one has to accept that there are some elements of the minute military who would generally think that they are the only ones capable of competing the country together now this is not surprising because they feel they were in power for more than 50 and they have to because there still are and a sense tilted paul because of the constitution. the managed 1st energy curve that established. long term marriage to true in burma took place in 1962 so if you caught it from then it's over 15 years after 15 years at the helm and it's not very surprising that they get used to thinking and they were the only ones keep of kicking the country together. widely known as mother says this advocate for a peaceful transition to democracy has long been regarded almost as a deity and man. but her popularity was only of limited advantage.

important changes to the constitution had to be approved by more than 75 percent of parliamentarians. with the military occupying one quarter of the seats long sigh. cheez hands were tied. one powerful man was still pulling the strings general thomas way ruled man maher with an iron fist until 2011 he had ordered the disbandment of the military junta and the shift towards disciplined democracy his aim the lifting of international sanctions before leaving office in march 20th 11 he divided his power between president tain say and men on the plank whose destiny was written in the stars. last. noon on hi i was

appointed commander in chief by tang shrank on the advice of astrologers. he called the jump because the stars were favorable. to any military prowess is. this guy. at the top. monks and astrologers are deemed the nation's guardians and have long played any role in myanmar. you. general tonge way was most fearful of the woman who had defied him ever since the 1990 s. . even when she was under house arrest he had consulted for astrologists to ward off any potential danger that she might pose. the entire country was waiting for the 2nd general election to be announced. tonge way and his backers

realized they could face a crushing defeat but article 59 guaranteed that their opponent couldn't become president despite her popularity. the elections were allowed to go ahead on a suitably auspicious state. they chose the election date november the 8th 2051 of the top astrologists advised them so if the elections are on sweet 8th of november 20th 15th you won't win a landslide victory. more than 30000000 people were eligible to vote. the electorate had big expectations to killer of sheep opposition leader aung sang suu kyi and her national league for democracy. she had been on the election trail for weeks ahead of the polls tens of thousands turned out to see her. many hoped for change on multiple

levels more freedom economic growth less corruption and less poverty. going to the polls according to when taim predicted that the opposition would win handsomely. inside sisi the people of myanmar have waited 25 years and the n.o.c. the national league for democracy. as one. can see this place is a. the military's wife clad appointees in parliament excepted the decision and made way for the n l d and on song suchi. that from now on she negotiated directly with the commander in chief men on class. the man who would seize back

power in the february coup. the victory brought new faces and new colors in the parliament aung sang suu cheese the national league for democracy party now help the majority. but despite this decisive electoral result the n l d s founder and leader could not become president and a quarter of parliamentary seats and key ministries remained reserved for the men in uniform. the icon for democracy seemed prepared to come to an arrangement with the military for political expediency. the routes that bind on song suchi and the military proceeded that. they are embedded in her family history.

in the 1940 s. a general fought against british colonial rule and was instrumental in engineering independence for burma as man maher was formally call he is still regarded as a national hero today his name is general aung san the father of aung san suu kyi. to create unity in the country and to help ward off external attacks he regarded it as vital to strengthen the times between the various ethnic and political groups. that was no easy task as the country is not only geographically diverse with 5000 meter high peaks plateaus swamps and tropical rainforests it also has more than 130 different ethnic groups with varying religious affiliations. including bamma to change. change again moni xan karim careening barca naysay and. general aung sun favored a socialist state having rejected capitalism after the experiences with colonial

rule bung son conducted the negotiations for burma's independence from britain it was at an earlier specially chosen by vermes astrologers that ran into a lot of them a school assumption of independence and face of the union jack that means national flag was hoisted with all due a sentiment it was a moment however that aung san did not live to see he was murdered by political opponents some months earlier posters for the national league of democracy still bear the image of aung sun today the national heroes legacy the burma independence army the forerunner of today's military and his daughter long sought suci. has. she always mentioned that she was broad top in the hands of the and ceo's around her father. yet she had affection for the army is in them but they still did not accept the rule of own sinuses she is wasn't

a grudge. last you know. since independence when her father was assassinated. it was a known fact that he was the architect of our independence. the founder of the ami. kong song suchi initially saw herself as having no choice but to reach an accommodation with the generals. she wanted reform and democracy for man mark to remove the military from power and the long term and to take over the presidency clearly there was a long hard road ahead. for last. the constitution from becoming the president but today she threw down the good to be a mom of the. nuisances nothing. changes

is there. to show she said to present an impossible. general not with a navy not mistaken despite resistance from the military that host of state councilor was created with the majority of votes jumping up. the ladder to the military stood up in a sign of protest but the law was passed. that. according to the late. he was an expert in constitutional literature. so he leaf through all the articles and he found one loop are that the president can create a position for anybody of any status. it is

a myth but the most important and urgent matter would be a change in the constitution through the labor. so in her newly created position of state council her son suchi placed herself above the president the defacto head of government. but even this role did not concentrate all the power in aung san suu cheese heads over the years she had become familiar with most of the country's political rules but the military is also a law unto itself resorting to violence to solve some of its problems. was sinistra. them are instantly reported that when the government legal advisors to link san suu

kyi was shunned and killed basal gun police have a suspect in custody anywhere sontag going on international airports generally $29.00. grandchild's. by many and. many here. government. yet. the murder is also seen as a warning one to aid you our military. asan suchi was notably absent from connie's funeral she remained silent and withdrew from the public gaze . she was shaken she can guess the main reason. if she says something it will get was. there is another aspect to this brutal killing connie was not just a lawyer and one of aung san suu chiefs advisers he was also

a muslim. relations between man maurice buddhist majority and the country's muslim minority are difficult. the conflict is in part and historical one when burma's people fought against british colonial rule after the 2nd world war one ethnic group remained largely on the side of the british the muslim or hinge of people. the buddhist majority regarded them as traitors nowadays the buddhist population mostly refer to them as the bengalis meaning muslim immigrants from bangladesh for decades the ringette have been denied citizenship the law stipulates that only ethnic groups who live there before between 24 before the beginning of british rule can hold citizenship many buddhists are convinced that their own hensher king later the last loudspeakers promised that the whole of would soon be free of bengalis. who did it over here to tell it's

not just down to up hold laura noida but also to retain the identity of our country so we have to clearly state that the rich do not belong in our country. the muslims in rakhine state of bengali immigrants no matter how much it had to do that it. was a time bomb that was taking as you know this rising. nationalist feeling. and where these 2 communities muslim and buddhist also began to see each other not just began but increasingly saw each other as their made enemies as well. and then you had i think not surprisingly the emergence. in 2016 on the muslim saw and a new insurgency and a very militant insurgency the group is poorly equipped it has guns small homemade bombs and what it describes as

a noun mission to protect for him the muslims. rohinton attacks on police stations had devastating consequences. they gave the military a welcome pretext to go in the heart. the best response was to close the area and the army began what it called clear separation of civilians as well as political support. a military has its own agenda without without our knowledge or consulting us they will try to do anything that night. but.

the un says almost 150000 boes indians have fled the predominately put this country into neighboring bangladesh in the last 12 days since the neutrino peroration began the current situation cannot yet be fully assessed but the situation remains for seniors a textbook textbook example of ethnic cleansing. the international community expected a clear reaction from san suu kyi and an end to the expulsions and the military operation but she remained silent. man march political system as a hybrid of civilian and military rule to get into government this iconic figure had clearly made a big concessions to the military. there are hence a crisis through these compromises and to start really. the ministry of the interior the home ministry defense and border areas are

controlled by the army so when the record thing happened international community blamed us they said she was protecting the army. the reason was that cheney didn't want to make any hostile remark to the army for the long run. she was blamed for that. that's why we call it a military trap noble peace prize laureate and some sushi who is now burma's de facto president is facing mounting criticism for the art and limb of the. fish tank that piece my own space suit she has been a terrorist for what she termed quote a huge iceberg of this let it take place that international observers accused aung san suu kyi of having become a political opportunist. she was stripped of numerous awards and honorary doctorates. and shang now whose main one chang now is the problem and he's

enjoying this hugely. many people in myanmar welcomed the government's stance toward the renter and defended on sun city . then she finally broke her silence about what had happened and called for a peaceful solution. after intense pressure funs on sujit finally addressed the radio refugee crisis this televised bristly diplomats who misuses chance to state their case to the world. it is not can finish in the muck it up or hinkley or to have the occasional conflict that. we've been very forthcoming right now and i'm hoping by the un to make it to the restoration of the if it. law throughout the.

area that it considers her to her to live and because. i'm aware. that there were tension is fullness of the situation in your construct. but you would. i think all 3 this is not just. a good dads by weighing out all the international community wanted her to say my support there are injured people have you out there but i don't think she can say something like vasco if she wants to work with the military on a long term basis. and send suit she has made a choice a relationship with the military on the stability of the government comes before the recognition and what's left of her international reputation.

more than 700000 rohinton refugees fled into neighboring bangladesh in 2017. and man mark they continue to face severe repression and persecution. human rights groups have spoken of genocide and ethnic cleansing. the international criminal court in the hague is investigating. the silence only helped or in the short run the generals were apparently unable to accept or landslide victory at the polls in november 2020. the military coup in myanmar in february represents a return to the dark ages.

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