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Approval Of Draft Constitution -- Junta Way |
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Mungpi
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Wednesday, 16 April 2008 00:00 |
New Delhi - Come May 10, Burma, under military rule for over four decades will see democracy in practice for a day. The Junta in early April fixed the date for approving its draft constitution, which took over 14 tenuous years to draft. The current batch of military clique, for the first time in its history of nearly two decades in power, announced that it will hold a referendum in May and general elections in 2010 that will pave the way for a democratic civilian rule.
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India's Shortsighted Approach To Burma Policy |
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Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy
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Monday, 14 April 2008 00:00 |
India and China are Burma's two giant neighbors - the former is the world's largest democracy and the latter is a communist dictatorship. Since the advent of a Chinese policy under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping placing China's economic interests above ideological pursuit, Beijing has increasingly supported the repressive Burmese military junta, leading to a country awash in Chinese arms. Burma's generals have used Chinese weaponry in suppressing the country's democratic movement and ethnic insurgencies. In return, China has enjoyed enormous trade concessions from Burma and cornered a lion's share of Burma's oil and natural gas – besides securing strategic facilities for China's own military operations, including facilities for the collection of technical intelligence on Burma's southern coastal belt. The Chinese have proven obstructionist toward most international initiatives to help restore democracy in Burma.
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Splits Emerge In Burma's Army Over Country's Roadmap |
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Larry Jagan
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Friday, 21 March 2008 00:00 |
There is a growing rift within Burma's military government over the country's political future and road-map to democracy. A battle is now beginning to emerge between those who are currently in control of most of Burma's assets and those who see themselves as the country's true guardians. Several key members of the ruling junta are secretly being investigated for corruption.
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Analysis 
"We are at a critical point. Unless more aid gets into the country very quickly, we face an outbreak of infectious diseases that could dwarf today's current crisis," 
