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Myanmar: Out With the Old, In With
- Subject: Myanmar: Out With the Old, In With
- From: darnott@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 12:09:00
Asiaweek
October 29, 1999
Myanmar: Out With the Old, In With the Slightly Less Old?
It will soon be November, and that usually means it's leadership
shuffle time in Myanmar. Savvy Yangon watchers, attuned to the
art of reading the regime-controlled New Light of Myanmar, note
that the speeches of No. 2 leader, the nonsense head of the army
Gen. Maung Aye, 61, have invariably been reported front and center
recently. Those who track which general is up and which one is down
predict that the current No. 1 among equals, Gen. Than Shwe, will step
down soon. At 66, he is past the official retirement age, and long hours
and a hip operation may contribute to his decision to step aside and put
golf first. Other changes? Watch the commerce, information and electric
power ministries, all significant -- and all maladministered by inept military
men well past their prime.
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