Opinion

Nai Banya Hongsar : Editor’s Note: We would like to introduce our readers to the third installment in our “Burma Tranformed”. In this installment our writer discusses the role of Burmese monks in Burma’s future national reconciliation process.

Banya Hongsar, Canberra : November 7th is just in a few days. This day will be interpreted as one of either darkness of light in Burmese political history. However, it is time to think beyond the November 7th general elections in the country, and consider instead what lies in store …

By: Banya Hongsar, Canberra : Burma’s people hope that Aung San Suu Kyi will be released on the 13th of November, as announced by the ruling military government, after being in long-term house arrest in Burma for over 15 of the past 20 years . This is good news for …

By: Banya Hongsar, Canberra, and September 2010 : Ethnic minority based political organizations who failed to surrender their armed wings to the Burmese military government have been categorized  as illegal since September 1st, after the leaders of many cease-fire ethnic minority organizations refused to register their organizations as candidates in …

Editor’s Note: Published here is the second installment of IMNA’s “Burma Transformed” commentary series, a discussion of various political, social, and human-rights related issues set within the context of Burma’s upcoming elections. In this segment, the writer discusses the past and future of Mon-Karen alliances and political relations.

Banya Hongsar, Canberra The Burmese military men exercise their power over Burma, and the new constitution was drafted with their vision in mind. Our new constitution was written by those who strongly believe that this method of rule is best.   The constitution lacks both a rule of law and any …

By Loa Htaw: All political opposition parties across Burma must indeed support each other in the 2010 elections. The National League for Democracy (NLD), the ethnic minority armed groups, and newly formed political parties across Burma that are running in the elections must fight for a federal democratic country by …

By: Min Ko Mon, Moulmein Cit, Mon State : Burma is to hold a new election yet again in 2010. This election is about the military’s po power to rule Burma under the 2008 constitution. The new constitution was approved without public debate or consent in 2008. Can we elect the …

Governmental elections are the foundation of democracy and government in modern world politics. The foundation of a nation is in its upholding of a constitution that guarantees civil and political rights for its citizens. Each clause of the constitution must guarantee these rights to all citizens. Burma’s 2010 new general …

Demonstrations for democracy, blood on the streets, brutal regimes, gunfire and another generation of military rule – that is what we have had since 1988. After 21 years we continue to call for remembrance. We were so young but we so wanted to sacrifice for our poor people living under …