Road Map to Nowhere

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"Returning to past tactics, the junta has announced a plan for Burma?s future... The much-anticipated inaugural address from Burma?s newly appointed Prime Minister, Gen Khin Nyunt, was a severe but hardly unexpected letdown for Burmese everywhere. Shortly after his speech at the Parliament building, political commentators, journalists and opposition party members within Burma daringly expressed their frustration to international shortwave radio stations. Dissidents and ethnic leaders abroad also voiced their disappointment with the speech?s ambiguity. Khin Nyunt claimed that his government has a seven-point plan and would resume long-suspended work on the drafting of a new constitution, paving the way for an elected government in Rangoon. Sound familiar? It should..."

Creator/author: 

Aung Zaw

Source/publisher: 

"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 11, No. 7

Date of Publication: 

2003-09-00

Date of entry: 

2003-11-06

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English

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