SLORC Has Served a Foul Ball

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                 SLORC Has Served a Foul Ball

     Burma's opposition party, National League for Democracy, voiced 
sound and clear 'NO' to SLORC's conditional meeting and has decided to 
hold a general meeting instead.
     The party again made a clever and democratic judgement since it 
fully accounted the public opinion. As we all know, NLD is firmly based 
on principles to serve Burmese people but not on any type of emotional 
attachment after 1988 killings. Its members are sacrificing under the 
military rule that effectively destroyed Burma and its political life. 
NLD is a political party. Its duty is paving the way to democracy in 
Burma by doing politics. That is to dance with the tunes that people 
enjoy.
     Being a caller for political dialogue, the NLD will definitely talk 
if SLORC come up with a right plan. It is waiting for a service ball that 
reaches over the net. For now, it is absurd to assume that NLD is in 
awkward position because it did not hit this ball. 
     The SLORC again needs make greater effort to appeal their sincerity 
and trust to the people by generating a plan that can realize a 
meaningful discussion. (The reason that the SLORC does not want to talk 
with Daw Suu is reportedly that she may first ask them to release all 
political prisoners. Most Burmese believe that it is the thing that SLORC 
cannot do.)
     Remember that almost the entire people of Burma practically supports 
the NLD and that 100% support was again and again confirmed by the NLD 
leaders just after Daw Suu's release from the house arrest. 
The SLORC has started with a foul ball.

Comments are welcome!
Thanks,

Dr. Kyaw Tint