KNU Bulletin No. 26, August 1992

2 AUGUST, 1992 KNU-BULLETIN NO. 26
EDITORIAL
ON THE NATIONAL CONVENTION CALLED
BY THE SLORC
The SLORC has now formed a committee of
leading military members to coordinate a
National Convention. This committee has
already called three meetings with the
leaders of political parties not yet banned,
although allowing very little input from
these leaders at the meetings.
At the end of the last meeting Maj. Gen.
Myo Nyunt, Chairman of the committee and of
all meetings, warned some of the delegates
that their discussion of possibly inviting
"underground" resistance groups was not
legitimate or allowed. He announced that
only if these resistance groups surrendered
and gave up their armed struggle could they
be represented at the National Convention.
He said the SLORC would not allow the armed
resistance to mount a dual attack together
with the political parties. In a closing
ceremony speech at a medical staff training
course, SLORC first secretary Maj. Gen. Khin
Nyunt gave similar hints about the SLORC's
attitude toward all "underground"
resistance.
At the National Convention, the SLORC
will force the leaders of the unbanned
political parties to accept a new
constitution designed to their desires.
They will continue to oppress the
prodemocracy movement. They will continue
to increase their military offensives
against the ethnic nationalities and prolong
the civil war.
Meanwhile they will use the new
constitution to prolong their hold on power.
There will be no democracy in the nation,
and the military junta will be
intensify its repression of the
Even though the whole population
appeals for democracy, the
able to
people,
already
ethnic
nationalities demand their rights and
international pressure has mounted, the
SLORC has still shown no willingness to
change. They are addicted to the taste of
military power and its economic benefits,
and they will never transfer that power
willingly, but only try to cling to it ever
more tightly.
Therefore the oppressed people of all
classes and nationalities in Burma cannot
benefit in any way from the SLORC's National
Convention. It cannot bring; about internal
peace, democracy, or a solution to ethnic
nationality issues. To achieve these goals,
we will continue to defy this military
dictatorship in every way possible.
Dr. Kho Thaw and Dr. Po Thaw Da with donators.