Mon leader calls for international intervention
A leader of a Mon umbrella organization calls for international intervention to solve the crisis in Burma
A leader of a Mon umbrella organization calls for international
intervention to solve the crisis in Burma.
The General Secretary of the Mon Unity League, Nai Sunthorn said, “the political situation cannot be solved by the Burmese people, the international community must step in and intervene, otherwise there never will be change”.
“I believe we should approach the UN and the international community, the developed nations, to change the military government in Burma. We want change, but the problem cannot be solved by us (Burmese people); we need a third party intervention or a judge. We should try our best to convince the foreign powers to gain inspiration through their compassion toward the people of Burma,” said the leader of MUL in Bangkok after meeting with other key leaders from the Thai Mon community and Buddhist monks.
“National reconciliation will be impossible because of the ruling junta’s continual brutal action and attacks against the democratic groups. This has happened since Aung San Suu Kyi and her party was voted in. The recent attack on May 30th, the killing of NLD members and the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other NLD members highlights the urgency of the situation and of the regime’s indifference to political reform”, he said.
Since New Mon State Party cut contact with the Thai Mon community, as per the cease-fire agreement with the military regime in 1995, it caused misunderstandings with the Thai Mon community that sparked disunity within the community, the MUL leader added.
He pointed out that economic sanctions may affect the living standards of a small group of people, however, the economic and financial assistance from the world community in the past had little or no advantage for the majority of the civilian population, he told Kao-Wao during an interview. A small number of people will be affected by the sanctions, including the aid from Japan.
The MUL was formed at a Mon national affairs seminar in 1995 at the Thai-Burma border soon after the New Mon State Party signed a ceasefire agreement with the Burmese junta in Moulmein. It is now an umbrella organization for the Mon people. The MUL is comprised of 14 member organizations from Burma, Thailand and overseas Mon.
Some MUL members are international diplomats in foreign affairs, working abroad for the cause of the Mon in their struggle for self-determination and for the establishment of a federal union of Burma.
The General Secretary of the Mon Unity League, Nai Sunthorn said, “the political situation cannot be solved by the Burmese people, the international community must step in and intervene, otherwise there never will be change”.
“I believe we should approach the UN and the international community, the developed nations, to change the military government in Burma. We want change, but the problem cannot be solved by us (Burmese people); we need a third party intervention or a judge. We should try our best to convince the foreign powers to gain inspiration through their compassion toward the people of Burma,” said the leader of MUL in Bangkok after meeting with other key leaders from the Thai Mon community and Buddhist monks.
“National reconciliation will be impossible because of the ruling junta’s continual brutal action and attacks against the democratic groups. This has happened since Aung San Suu Kyi and her party was voted in. The recent attack on May 30th, the killing of NLD members and the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other NLD members highlights the urgency of the situation and of the regime’s indifference to political reform”, he said.
Since New Mon State Party cut contact with the Thai Mon community, as per the cease-fire agreement with the military regime in 1995, it caused misunderstandings with the Thai Mon community that sparked disunity within the community, the MUL leader added.
He pointed out that economic sanctions may affect the living standards of a small group of people, however, the economic and financial assistance from the world community in the past had little or no advantage for the majority of the civilian population, he told Kao-Wao during an interview. A small number of people will be affected by the sanctions, including the aid from Japan.
The MUL was formed at a Mon national affairs seminar in 1995 at the Thai-Burma border soon after the New Mon State Party signed a ceasefire agreement with the Burmese junta in Moulmein. It is now an umbrella organization for the Mon people. The MUL is comprised of 14 member organizations from Burma, Thailand and overseas Mon.
Some MUL members are international diplomats in foreign affairs, working abroad for the cause of the Mon in their struggle for self-determination and for the establishment of a federal union of Burma.
