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DAB STATEMENT ON THE CURRENT SITUAT



Media Release
Date: July 14, 1998

                                    
             DAB STATEMENT ON THE CURRENT SITUATION IN BURMA

We would like to express our grave concern at the escalating
tension in Burma, and also declare our support for the MPs who are
currently being persecuted and arrested by the SPDC.

Tension between the SPDC and the NLD is increasing daily. It has
already been 8 years since the NLD won the 1990 elections, but the
SPDC is still ignoring the result and trying to crush the NLD. The
latter have repeatedly asked for dialogue, but the SPDC has simply
responded by arresting and torturing their members.

The people of Burma have chosen the NLD as their representatives.
The NLD therefore have the right to convene parliament and form a
government. It is the SPDC who have illegally seized power against
the will of the people, and who are the source of the current
problems. The SPDC will have to take responsibility if the people
rise up and use whatever means they can to gain democracy.

The DAB supports the NLD led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the
movement of the people. People from all walks of life in Burma are
currently facing economic, social and political crises. To solve
these problems, there must be a tripartite dialogue between the
democratic forces led by Aung San Suu Kyi, ethnic representatives
and the SPDC. The SPDC has to decide whether to hold a dialogue
while there is still time.

If there is no dialogue, the DAB calls on all the peoples of Burma
to act in order to gain democracy and not give up until they have
achieved their goal. The events of 8.8.88 have already given us a
costly lesson.


Executive Committee
Democratic Alliance of Burma

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