‘Burma’ means’the country of the Burmese tribe’, the largest ethnic group in Myanmar. About 68% of the Burmese are, but as many as 135 ethnic minorities live together. So, in 1988, it was renamed as the Federal Republic of Myanmar and the national flag was changed to mean that it encompasses several peoples. However, the name Myanmar hides the innocent intention of the military to cover up the resistance of the Burmese aspiring to democratize the military dictatorship.
Moreover, even though the country has changed due to international public opinion that does not recognize the legitimacy of the military, it is still called Burma in the United States. Many countries, including the United States, are sticking to Burma, meaning they will not recognize the military as Myanmar has been arbitrarily renamed by the military government. In that sense and in support of’Aung San Suu Kyi’, I will not call it’Myanmar’ but’Burma’ in this article.
Military misuse of toxin clause
Burma escaped the military dictatorship after 53 years with the victory of the democratic general election five years ago, and a civilian government was established. By the way, the Burmese military commanded a coup in the early morning of February 1, 2021, detained senior government officials, including state adviser Aung San Suu Kyi (75), declared a state of emergency for one year, and slaughtered the people of Burmese who resisted it. The civilian government, which made it difficult, was in danger of falling in front of the muzzle aimed at the military in about five years.
After regaining power, the military department, like a coup expert, quickly deprived the positions of 24 ministers and vice ministers of the civil government, appointed 11 new ministers of defense and foreign affairs to serve in the military government, and took control of the media. State-run TV and radio broadcasts have become the mouth of the military, saying that they cannot broadcast due to’technological problems’ and did not even deliver news of the coup. Internet and phone calls are also cut off, so it is not functioning properly.
On February 1, the day of the coup, Burmese troops announced on TV that “detention was implemented in response to election denial.” In the general election held on November 8 last year, the National League for Democracy (NLD) led by National Advisor Aung San Suu Kyi won 396 (83.2%) of the 476 seats elected. However, the military has argued for fraudulent elections and, like Trump, has denied the election results.
It is claimed that about 8.6 million people on the voter roll are actually different, which is about 23% of all 37 million voters. While election results are a number that cannot be reversed, it is not a small number. Anyway, the military puts election denial as a justification, but the root cause is a foreshadowed situation created by the military’s self-interest and imperfect Burmese democracy that does not want to lay down its vested interests.
The government of Aung San Suu Kyi, who won overwhelming victory in the general election held on November 8, 2020 last year, is the second civilian government following 2015. After winning the 2015 general election, ending the military dictatorship in 53 years, it also won the support of the Burmese people. Although the regime was re-created, the civil government and the military continued to live together inconvenient because of the poisonous provisions of the new constitution bill made in 2008 by the military government. That new constitution’s toxin clause was an imperfect Burmese democracy.
The toxin clause of the new constitution requires that 25% of the seats of the Senate and House of Representatives be allocated to the military department. In addition, the military has the right to nominate the ministers of three major ministries, including the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Interior, and the Border Guard. Practical power, such as security, security, and national defense, is controlled by the military, and in emergencies, the military has the authority to take over. The military’s declaration of a state of emergency based on the reason for the election fraud was also abusing the toxin provisions of this new constitution.
It is not that the civil government of Aung San Suu Kyi has not revised the toxin clause of the new constitution so far because it is stupid. When the constitution is revised, the necessary votes must be 75%, but the military holds 25% of the seats in the parliament, so the amendment had to be blocked at the source. In fact, the biggest cause of the military coup is that a new constitution such as the Yushin Constitution has been promoted.
Adviser Aung San Suu Kyi pledged to amend the constitution with a plan to reduce the number of seats allocated to the military over 15 years in the last general election. In the midst of this, the Democratic Peoples Alliance (NLD) led by State adviser Aung San Suu Kyi won overwhelming victory in the general election last year.
In a statement, the imprisoned adviser Aung San Suu Kyi has urged the public to reject the coup and go to protest. It is said that the statement has already predicted a coup to protect the military’s vested interests and prepared in advance to announce to the public in case of imprisonment. Although the NLD won the 2015 general election, Suji Aung San did not become president. It is because of another toxin clause that the military has put into the new constitution with Aung San Suu Kyi.
It is a clause that says,’Anyone with a foreign nationality spouse cannot become president.’ So in 2016, President Tincho, NLD’s presidential candidate, was elected. Since then, Aung San Suji will be criticized as the military said. He said that he reigned over the president by creating a position as a national adviser that was not in the constitution, and he was the main culprit of the constitution violation.
In addition, adviser Aung San Suu Kyi has been accused of condoning or sympathizing with discrimination and persecution against the Rohingya ethnic group, an Islamic minority, and racial cleansing by the Burmese army. Several cities withdrew his honorary citizenship, and the city of Gwangju, South Korea, also withdrew the Gwangju Human Rights Award. However, if adviser Aung San Suu Kyi had fierce opposition to the military’s slaughter of the Rohingya, the military coup would have been accelerated with the slaughter of the Rohingya, as well as the massacre of the Burmese.
The position of neighboring countries is… Democracy that is merely a pretense in front of their own interests.
Many countries have criticized the military coup in Burma at once. President Joe Biden of the United States, as well as other Western countries such as the UK, Australia, and Europe, are condemning and demanding the immediate release of advisors such as Aung San Suu Kyi. Unfortunately, Asian countries, including China, have different official reactions depending on the position of each country.
China, which is aiming to expand its influence in Burma as Burma’s largest trading partner, made a brief comment stating, “Each side of Burma must properly handle conflicts in the framework of the constitution and laws, while defending stability.” India, which is facing China’s influence, has also not voiced criticism. Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Cambodia, and the Philippines, led by the iron fist rulers, also expressed their position not to interfere, saying it is a domestic problem in Burma. Democracy in the face of its own interests is nothing more than a veil.
Burmese names do not have a surname. You only have a name, and you can change that name as you like. In the name of the adviser of’Aung San Suu Kyi’,’Aung San’ is named after his father, General Aung San, revered as a Burmese independence activist and national hero, and’Suji’ means’to gather’,’soo’ and’clear It is a combination of’ji’, meaning’. When I was studying in England, I needed my surname on the documents, so I put my name on my father’s name.
Since it is a Burmese name in Korean foreign language notation, it is broken down into syllables and written as’Aung San Suchi’. However, when he learned that the word’shame’ was used in Korean to mean’shameful’, adviser Aung San Suu Kyi asked for a change to Suzy or Suchi. To respect that meaning, I also refer to it as’Aung San Suu Kyi’ in this article.
The word’Aungsan’ has shocking memories for Koreans. The bombing of Aung San Mausoleum in Burma on October 9, 1983. Chun Doo-hwan, who had to die in the North Korean bombing terrorist attempting to assassinate the dictator Chun Doo-hwan, who was visiting to learn about the military dictatorship in Burma at the time, did not die.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s 75-year life role is challenging. Born in 1945 as the daughter of Burmese independence hero General Aung San, she grew up in India and England when her father was assassinated at the age of two. After studying at Oxford University and working at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, he married Englishman Michael Hulles in 1972 and had two sons.
Aung San Suji, who had lived as an ordinary housewife, came to Burma in April 1988 when her mother was in critical condition, and her life changed. Citizens, students, and monks who demanded democratization saw them dying by military gun knives and jumped into the democratization movement. In August of that year, in Yangon, where more than 500,000 people gathered, she became a symbol of Burma’s democratization with her famous speech’Freedom from Terror’.
The famous speech’freedom from fear’ begins like this.
“A corrupt power is not power, it is fear. The fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it, and fear of the whip of power corrupts those who obey it.”
For 15 years from 1989, the year after returning home, Aungsan Suji was housed under house arrest by the military government and was imprisoned in a prison without a bar. In 1990, the Democratic Peoples League (NLD) led by Aung San Suu Kyi won overwhelming victory, but the military refused to take over. In 1991, he was selected for the Nobel Peace Prize for his contribution to the democratization movement, but his husband and two sons were awarded the prize instead of being under house arrest.
It was in 2012, 21 years later, that Aung San Suu Kyi made a speech directly accepting the Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway. I was released for the first time in 1995, but after several releases and house arrests, I became completely free in 2010 after 15 years. Meanwhile, Gwangju City and other countries have given numerous human rights awards and honorary citizenship to Aung San Suu Kyi, and the people of Burma have given love by calling it’Amei Su (mother Suji)’.
Flows that distort the situation
Soldiers were deployed in Yangon City Hall and major cities, and citizens ran to the market to stock up on rice, cup noodles, and oil. Automatic teller machines (ATMs) had long lines of people trying to withdraw money, and banks were shutting down. All airliners in Burma have also been shut down. Yangon International Airport is said to be closed until May.
The Burmese military has declared a state of emergency for one year and, after a year, will hold a new general election to transfer the regime. However, if the military blocks public opinion and public opinion with strong oppression such as martial law, it will be difficult for a new general election to be held democratically. In addition, the military is likely to continue military dictatorship by repressing it using force again as an excuse to stabilize the country.
Burmese people who have immigrated to countries around the world, including the United States, are protesting. However, if the international community intervenes, it can develop into a proxy war between the United States and China, which will incur greater sacrifices. A few weeks ago <뉴욕타임스> Starting with the podcast, Aung San Suu Kyi was politically inexperienced, and he ignored the Burmese coup leader, General Min Aung Hlaing, and had not even talked, along with sneaky remarks in advocating for the coup.
But what I heard from my Burmese friends is the exact opposite. Adviser Aung San Suu Kyi has maintained a good relationship with General Min Aung Hlaing even in the smallest matters. Even ignoring the diplomatic affairs of Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi, General Min Aung Hlaing was said to have watched carefully as he pretended to be the real power of Burma while meeting with Chinese and Indian Presidents.
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| ▲ General Min Aung Hlaing talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping Prior to the coup, General Min Aung Hlaing had shown a desire for power by visiting China as if he were in power, and meeting with President Xi Jinping like head of state. | |
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| ▲ Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and General Min Aung Hlaing General Min Aung Hlaing is having a summit meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (pictured right) after visiting India, the real power leader before the coup. | |
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In fact, I searched the Internet for news reporting on the relationship between State Advisor Aung San Suu Kyi and General Min Aung Hlaing. Contrary to the content of the podcast, content and photos were searched for Aung San Suji’s attempts to maintain a good relationship by communicating with General Min Aung Hlaing. I’ll post some of those pictures for reference.
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| ▲ Adviser Min Aung Hlaing and Aung San Suu Kyi Contrary to the New York Times’ podcast report, “The Myanmar Times,” which reported on Aung San Suu Kyi’s attempts to maintain a good relationship by communicating with General Min Aung Hlaing. | |
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| ▲ Adviser Aung San Suu Kyi and General Min Aung Hlaing The Myanmar Times reports that adviser Aung San Suu Kyi tried to end the military by maintaining good relations by consulting with General Min Aung Hlaing up to the smallest matters. | |
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The Burmese military is slaughtering the people of Burma who are protesting and conducting a coup as if they mocked the world’s humanity on February 1, 2021, when the world leads an online democratic world. Min Aung Hlaing of Burma, who stepped up as a dictator in this coup, may have started shooting while relieved that dictator Chun Doo-hwan enjoyed rich and wealthy movies from generation to generation without punishment.
Anyway, even in 2021, democracy is predicting that it will grow on the blood of the people.
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