Statement by Burmese Democracy Acti

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Subject: Statement by Burmese Democracy Activists in India on 7 th Anniversary of May 27 Elections in Burma.

Statement By United Burmese Democracy Activists In India
On 7th Anniversary of  May 27 1990 General Elections In Burma.


1. 27  May  1997  marks  the  7th  anniversary  of  1990  General 
Elections  in  Burma.

2. Entire oppressed people of Burma voted for National League for
Democracy headed by 
    Daw  Aung  San  Suu  Kyi,  the Nobel laureate of 1991. NLD got a
land slide victory in 
    the election, having won 392 seat out of total 485 places in Burma.

3. But the ruling  military junta constantly refuses  to  recognize the 
peoples'  desire.  And 
    even after (7) years of their illegitimate rule, the military rulers
are trying in all means to   
    prolong their rule.

4. The  United  Nations  general  assembly  has  decided  that  the 
result  of  1990  general 
     elections is still legitimate as it is the true will of the people
of Burma.

5. Instead  of  handing  over  the  state  power to the  peoples'
elected  representatives, the   
    SLORC detained, arrested, imprisoned and jailed many of them in
successive years.

6. Furthermore, to isolate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her party, the SLORC
arrested last 
    year (265) elected representatives of the NLD party when Daw Aung
San Suu Kyi tried 
    to convene a congress on 27th May 1996. Again in the month of
September of the same 
    year, the military junta arrested about (800) activists of NLD party
and other supporters     
    to prevent them from holding the conference.

7. Indifferent   to  all   the   appeals   and  condemnations   from 
the  United  Nations  and 
    International  communities,  the SLORC  again has arrested  more
than  (200) Mps and       
    political  activists in  last  couple of  days to prevent  Daw Aung
San Suu Kyi   and  her  
    party  from  holding  a   commemoration  of  7th  anniversary   of  
the  1990   general       
    elections which falls on 27th May 1997.

8. We are much dismayed to see India, world's  largest  democracy 
country, keeping silent 
    to all the repression, human rights violations that are going on in
Burma. Being a good 
    neighbor the people of Burma look at India with  a  great hope for
its help towards the 
    restoration of democracy in Burma.

9. ASEAN's  constructive  engagement  policy  regarding  Burma  has been
proved to be a 
    failure  in  bringing  democracy  and  peace to Burma. Therefore,
the policy should be 
    reviewed  and  at  the same time ASEAN should save their reputation
by not allowing a 
    membership to the Burmese illegitimate regime.

	We, the United Burmese Democratic Activists in India, have solemnly
pledged to strive:
1) for the speedy implementation of 1990 general elections;
2) for the abolishment of present  sham national convention;
3) for the emergence of a genuine democratic state by holding a
tripartite dialogue    
    between democratic forces led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, ethnic forces
and SLORC.
                                                                    
United Burmese Democratic Activists
                                                        New Delhi.