"Neither the National League for Democracy, nor the Burmese democratic movement as a whole, have yet announced any detailed policies on defense issues. Yet it is clear that their vision for the country's armed forces, derived largely from the writings of independence hero Aung San, is different in several key respects from that of the current regime. Should a democratically elected civilian government of some kind come to power in Rangoon, there is not likely to be many immediate or dramatic changes in the armed forces. Over time, however, a democratic government will need to consider major adjustments to the size of the Tatmadaw, its share of the national budget, the role of the military intelligence apparatus and the way in which the armed forces were employed as an institution of the state."