NAY PYI TAW, 3 Dec — The following is theclarifications of Chairman of the Information Committee
of the State Peace and Development CouncilMinister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan made
at the press conference 2/2007 of the InformationCommittee of the State Peace and Development Council,
regarding the protests that occurred in August andSeptember in Myanmar.
Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,
Mingalabar! I wish all auspiciousness to youall. I wish both physical and mental wellbeing of youall present at this press conference 2/2007.
After taking over State responsibilities, theGovernment has been exerting energetic efforts for democratization speedily as aspired by the people. It isknown to all. To bring about democracy, a Constitution which will properly safeguard democracy practices is essentially required. You might have known that as the 1974 Constitution was based on the singleparty socialist system, it is not appropriate for practisingdemocracy. Thus, the Government has laid down the seven-step Road Map and has been implementing it for proper democratization. Now, as the third step, a new Constitution is being drafted.
The National Convention, the first step of the Road Map was successfully completed on 3rd September 2007. And fundamental principles and detailed basic principles have been unanimously adopted for formulating the Constitution. Actually, the completion of the National Convention was not gained easily. Amidst internal and external obstacles and hindrances, the State and the entire people could achieve success through collective efforts.
It is not necessary to further emphasize that democracy is aspired by the entire people today. Not only the entire Myanmar people, the global nations as well as regional and neighboring countries are desirous of democracy. Similarly, the anti-government groups inside and outside the country consistently engaged in destructive acts are advocating that they too want democracy. The Myanmar Government really desires democracy too. Hence, all are to join hands to make collective efforts for democratization. Foreign nations are also to render helpful hands to our efforts for democratization.
However, the situation is not like that in reality. When the continued efforts are to be made with momentum after the completion of the National Convention, local and foreign anti-government groups are raising the momentum of committing destructive acts.Some countries including a western power are also found to be encouraging them increasingly by providing
cash and kind assistance, advice and schemes. With the aims to jeopardize the National Convention and to hinder and destroy the implementation of the seven-step Road Map, they made collective attacks. By accelerating the momentum of anti-government activities, they mobilize efforts for regime change.
There are reasons behind it. The western power wants to instal a puppet government in power while a political party and anti-government groups within the country haranguing for democracy without exerting any effort for democratization are trying hard to grab power.
Nowadays, with the successful completion of the National Convention, there prevail good conditions for continued implementation of the seven-step Road Map. Inasmuch as there emerge such good conditions, those anti-government
groups have less chance to seize power. So, they accelerate the momentum of their attacks and antagonizing efforts.
To ensure impact on their anti-government activities, the groups inside and outside the country employed three strategies since circa 2006. The first strategy is to jeopardize the National Convention, to prevent the drafting of the Constitution and to dissuade the people from approving the draft Constitution.
(The clarifications of the Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan is reported separately.)
Next, MPF Director-General Brig-Gen Khin Yi explained the matters regarding the protests that occurred in August and September in Myanmar.
(The clarifications of the Director-General Brig-Gen Khin Yi is reported separately.)
Then, Chairman of the committee Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan, Minister U Aung Kyi and
NAY PYI TAW, 3 Dec—The Information Committee of the State Peace and Development Council held press conference
2/2007 at the Ministry of Information here at 10:30 am today,regarding the protests that occurred in August and September in Myanmar.
It was attended by Chairman of the Information Committee of the SPDC Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan, Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win, members of the committee Minister for Culture Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint, Minister for Labour U Aung Kyi, Deputy Minister for Home Affairs Brig-Gen Phone Swe, Deputy Minister forForeign Affairs U Maung
Myint and committee members, Deputy Minister for Immigration and Population Brig-Gen Win Sein, members of the
Commission for Drafting State Constitution Deputy Chief Justice U Tun Tun Oo, Deputy Attorneys- General Dr Tun
Press Conference 2/2007 on protests in August and September in Myanmar in progress in Nay Pyi Taw.— MNA
Shin and U Tun Tun, Supreme Court Justice U Tin Aye and Judge Advocate General Maj-Gen Soe Maung, Maj-Gen
Ngwe Thein of the Ministry of Defence, Director- General of Myanmar Police Force Brig-Gen Khin Yi, the ambassadors,
the Charges d’Affaires ai and embassystaff, the military attaches,representatives of UN agencies in Myanmar and officials,
the directors-general and the managing directors of the departments and the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers
of Commerce and Industry,Patron of Myanmar Foreign Correspondents Club U Hla Htway, President U Sao Kai Hpa and
members of the MFCC,editorial staff and reporters of the journals and magazines and guests.First, Chairman of the Information Committee Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan briefed on accounts regarding the protests that
occurred in August and September in Myanmar. MPF Director-General Brig-Gen Khin Yi answered the questions raised by those present and the press conference came to an end at 1 pm.
(The questions and answers made at the press conference are reported separately.)
After the ceremony, those present and guests viewed the documentary photos regarding the protests that occurred in August and September in Myanmar displayed at the press conference.
The second strategy is to create disturbances and unrests like those occurred in 1988.The third strategy is to launch sabotage acts including blasting of bombs in the country. The recent incidents in last August and September were the
results of timely conspiracies of a western power and anti-government groups inside and outside the country as well as at
the border.
With a view to assisting these three strategies, some nations including a western power misused UN Security Council, ILO and Human Rights Council to take one-sided action against Myanmar. The anti-government groups inside and outside the country were given training, cash and kind assistance as well as directives and harmonization as regards the plots.
A political party and antigovernment groups within the country instigated in various ways to create instability and unrests so as to ensure regime change for them to grab power.
Before the August-September protests,the anti-government groups sought ways and means for laying the groundwork, movement and instigation based on the three strategies. The external elements also gave them directives and schemes to do so. The antigovernment groups infiltrated the masses of students,workers, service personnel and Tatmadawmen, implanted
hard-cores and instigated.Similarly, they infiltrated the mass of monks, implanted hard-cores and made instigation.
While the destructive elements were seeking a chance to materialize their plot, the Government had to unavoidably
raise the fuel prices. By taking advantage of the rise of fuel prices, the antigovernment groups made all kinds of instigation to
create unrests by using planted cells. In reality, they had already had the pre-arranged plot to create unrest. They timely
staged the August-September protests by shouting loud the fuel price hikes as immediate cause.
In line with the tactics of BCP (Burma Communist Party) as well as Gene Sharp, the destructive elements implanted
hardcore cells and decoys in the masses of students, workers, service personnel, Tatmadawmen to instigate as if the uprisings were taken part by the public. But they did not get success. The students, workers, service personnel and Tatmadawmen realized their simister scheme and understood the actual conditions of the country very well. Thus they could not be enticed or persuaded.
However, some monks who were not in touch with worldly affairs as they were involved with religious affairs did not understand the true facts. So, these monks believed the fabrications of anti-government groups and were wavered by the instigation which led to the monks’ protests.
Aftermath of the protests, it is found with sound evidence that exconvicted bogus monks joined anti-government groups inside and outside the country and launched the pre-empted scheme.Members of All-Myanmar Young Monks Union and All-Myanmar United Sangha Forces which were primarily leading bodies of the monks’ protests are not reverends but young wardens and lecturers who had violated laws, committed crimes and had been organized and trained as hard-cores. As
these monk wardens and lecturers wielded much influence on their pupils, the young monks were organized to take part in the protests.
In addition, it is found that the anti-government groups also enticed music and film artistes as well as writers and literati. Only few artistes and men of let-ters who are lacking patriotism followed them with the hope that the protests would gain success. Almost all the remaining film and music artistes as well as literati firmly stood by the nation and the people with
ardent patriotism. Never weretheless, it is known to all that the Government with broad-mindedness pardoned those artistes and literati.The entire incident revealed that it was not the protest of public and the majority of monks based on dissatis faction with the Government but the plotted scheme of a western power and antigovernment groups inside and outside the country and expatriates by misusing pessimist ex-convict bogus monks. Hence, I would like to reaffirm that neither public nor majority of monks participated in those protests. Actually, the August/ September protests were trivial for the whole country and in comparison to other events in other countries. However,the international media neglected the true facts made exaggerations as aspired by the anti-government groups. In reality,the strikes of few thousand of protesters were exaggerated to the extent that the entire country took part in the protests. Due to one-sided broadcasts of some news
media, the image of our country was harmed very much. Based on that incident, a western power and internal and external antigovernment groups put various pressures on Myanmar by misusing some international organizations including UN Security
Council.
Such unrests were disliked by the majority of monks who avoid the “Buddha Patikutta” works loathed by Lord Buddha and who keep religious affairs in the fore. The majority of monks were much displeased for those incidents which were not concerned with monks and which tarnished the Sasana. Similarly, the majority of the people absolutely do not want the
life in which their daily lives are destroyed and all are to live in anxiety as the education, health and social conditions are not
in normalcy. Due to unrests, bus lines were stopped, stores and shops closed and no one dared to go outside. Transportation
and businesses broke down and the basic people such as vendors, trishaw-men, taxi drivers,labourers, etc had to suffer
troubles by having no income. Therefore, the entire people denounced the unrests and violence all over the country.
Moreover, citing those unrests, USA, EU and Australia imposed added sanctions. Due to these sanctions, the State as well as the public from the basic people to big business firms suffered. It is known to all. Therefore, I would like to ascertain that those unrests and violence are absolutely disliked by the majority of the people as well as the majority of the monks.
Those unrests and violence not participated by the majority of the people and the majority of monks have been put under
control all over the country by authorities for ensuring the prevalence of peace and stability as well as the rule of law with the
assistance of the monks and laity. With a view tocarrying on the democratization process as aspired by the people as well as
the international community, the 54-member Constitution Drafting Commission has been formed for implementing the third
step of the Road Map. To-day, 3rd December 2007, the Commission commences its process of drafting the constitution.
As known to all, the Constitution Drafting Commission comprises sufficient number of legal experts and the law graduates of national races from various States and Divisions. By studying the 1947 Constitution and the 1974 Constitution and thoroughly reviewing international constitutions, the constitution will be drafted with the adopted fundamental principles and detailed basic principles of the National Convention. The fundamental principles and detailedbasic principles adopted by the National Convention are the best to suit the prevailing conditions of the country. With these principles to formulate and comprising sufficient legal experts and law graduate national peoples, no assistance or advice from other persons is required.
Moreover, I would like to say that the suggestions to review
adopted principles extensively by forming necessary bodies, and to coordinate the principles with the aspirations of anti-government groups which did not participate in the National Convention are no longer appropriate to the present situation. It
is known to all that the principles were adopted through thorough discussions by eight del-egate groups comprising
more than 1000 delegates of the National Convention. In the discussions, the respective groups submitted their views, ideas and demands. Thorough discussions were made to get a consensus from those views, ideas and demands. Based on Union
Spirit and patriotism and in the light of national interest, discussions and co-ordinations were made to obtain the most suitable solution for the nation and the people.
It is not reasonable or fair to review and amend those principles adopted by the delegates representing the entire people. Otherwise, the eight delegate groups of the National Convention would again make demands they like. So, it will be never ending and the process will get further complicated. We were to start from the first step. Actually, the adopted principles
include rights of the national races as well as rights of the citizens. Therefore, the majority of the people support the principles. Thus it is in no way to review the adopted principles. We have now commenced the drafting of a constitution
as the third step of the Road Map.
Further details and findings on the August/ September protests will be clarified by the Director-General of the Myanmar Police Force.Thank you.
of the State Peace and Development CouncilMinister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan made
at the press conference 2/2007 of the InformationCommittee of the State Peace and Development Council,
regarding the protests that occurred in August andSeptember in Myanmar.
Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,
Mingalabar! I wish all auspiciousness to youall. I wish both physical and mental wellbeing of youall present at this press conference 2/2007.
After taking over State responsibilities, theGovernment has been exerting energetic efforts for democratization speedily as aspired by the people. It isknown to all. To bring about democracy, a Constitution which will properly safeguard democracy practices is essentially required. You might have known that as the 1974 Constitution was based on the singleparty socialist system, it is not appropriate for practisingdemocracy. Thus, the Government has laid down the seven-step Road Map and has been implementing it for proper democratization. Now, as the third step, a new Constitution is being drafted.
The National Convention, the first step of the Road Map was successfully completed on 3rd September 2007. And fundamental principles and detailed basic principles have been unanimously adopted for formulating the Constitution. Actually, the completion of the National Convention was not gained easily. Amidst internal and external obstacles and hindrances, the State and the entire people could achieve success through collective efforts.
It is not necessary to further emphasize that democracy is aspired by the entire people today. Not only the entire Myanmar people, the global nations as well as regional and neighboring countries are desirous of democracy. Similarly, the anti-government groups inside and outside the country consistently engaged in destructive acts are advocating that they too want democracy. The Myanmar Government really desires democracy too. Hence, all are to join hands to make collective efforts for democratization. Foreign nations are also to render helpful hands to our efforts for democratization.
However, the situation is not like that in reality. When the continued efforts are to be made with momentum after the completion of the National Convention, local and foreign anti-government groups are raising the momentum of committing destructive acts.Some countries including a western power are also found to be encouraging them increasingly by providing
cash and kind assistance, advice and schemes. With the aims to jeopardize the National Convention and to hinder and destroy the implementation of the seven-step Road Map, they made collective attacks. By accelerating the momentum of anti-government activities, they mobilize efforts for regime change.
There are reasons behind it. The western power wants to instal a puppet government in power while a political party and anti-government groups within the country haranguing for democracy without exerting any effort for democratization are trying hard to grab power.
Nowadays, with the successful completion of the National Convention, there prevail good conditions for continued implementation of the seven-step Road Map. Inasmuch as there emerge such good conditions, those anti-government
groups have less chance to seize power. So, they accelerate the momentum of their attacks and antagonizing efforts.
To ensure impact on their anti-government activities, the groups inside and outside the country employed three strategies since circa 2006. The first strategy is to jeopardize the National Convention, to prevent the drafting of the Constitution and to dissuade the people from approving the draft Constitution.
(The clarifications of the Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan is reported separately.)
Next, MPF Director-General Brig-Gen Khin Yi explained the matters regarding the protests that occurred in August and September in Myanmar.
(The clarifications of the Director-General Brig-Gen Khin Yi is reported separately.)
Then, Chairman of the committee Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan, Minister U Aung Kyi and
NAY PYI TAW, 3 Dec—The Information Committee of the State Peace and Development Council held press conference
2/2007 at the Ministry of Information here at 10:30 am today,regarding the protests that occurred in August and September in Myanmar.
It was attended by Chairman of the Information Committee of the SPDC Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan, Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win, members of the committee Minister for Culture Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint, Minister for Labour U Aung Kyi, Deputy Minister for Home Affairs Brig-Gen Phone Swe, Deputy Minister forForeign Affairs U Maung
Myint and committee members, Deputy Minister for Immigration and Population Brig-Gen Win Sein, members of the
Commission for Drafting State Constitution Deputy Chief Justice U Tun Tun Oo, Deputy Attorneys- General Dr Tun
Press Conference 2/2007 on protests in August and September in Myanmar in progress in Nay Pyi Taw.— MNA
Shin and U Tun Tun, Supreme Court Justice U Tin Aye and Judge Advocate General Maj-Gen Soe Maung, Maj-Gen
Ngwe Thein of the Ministry of Defence, Director- General of Myanmar Police Force Brig-Gen Khin Yi, the ambassadors,
the Charges d’Affaires ai and embassystaff, the military attaches,representatives of UN agencies in Myanmar and officials,
the directors-general and the managing directors of the departments and the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers
of Commerce and Industry,Patron of Myanmar Foreign Correspondents Club U Hla Htway, President U Sao Kai Hpa and
members of the MFCC,editorial staff and reporters of the journals and magazines and guests.First, Chairman of the Information Committee Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan briefed on accounts regarding the protests that
occurred in August and September in Myanmar. MPF Director-General Brig-Gen Khin Yi answered the questions raised by those present and the press conference came to an end at 1 pm.
(The questions and answers made at the press conference are reported separately.)
After the ceremony, those present and guests viewed the documentary photos regarding the protests that occurred in August and September in Myanmar displayed at the press conference.
The second strategy is to create disturbances and unrests like those occurred in 1988.The third strategy is to launch sabotage acts including blasting of bombs in the country. The recent incidents in last August and September were the
results of timely conspiracies of a western power and anti-government groups inside and outside the country as well as at
the border.
With a view to assisting these three strategies, some nations including a western power misused UN Security Council, ILO and Human Rights Council to take one-sided action against Myanmar. The anti-government groups inside and outside the country were given training, cash and kind assistance as well as directives and harmonization as regards the plots.
A political party and antigovernment groups within the country instigated in various ways to create instability and unrests so as to ensure regime change for them to grab power.
Before the August-September protests,the anti-government groups sought ways and means for laying the groundwork, movement and instigation based on the three strategies. The external elements also gave them directives and schemes to do so. The antigovernment groups infiltrated the masses of students,workers, service personnel and Tatmadawmen, implanted
hard-cores and instigated.Similarly, they infiltrated the mass of monks, implanted hard-cores and made instigation.
While the destructive elements were seeking a chance to materialize their plot, the Government had to unavoidably
raise the fuel prices. By taking advantage of the rise of fuel prices, the antigovernment groups made all kinds of instigation to
create unrests by using planted cells. In reality, they had already had the pre-arranged plot to create unrest. They timely
staged the August-September protests by shouting loud the fuel price hikes as immediate cause.
In line with the tactics of BCP (Burma Communist Party) as well as Gene Sharp, the destructive elements implanted
hardcore cells and decoys in the masses of students, workers, service personnel, Tatmadawmen to instigate as if the uprisings were taken part by the public. But they did not get success. The students, workers, service personnel and Tatmadawmen realized their simister scheme and understood the actual conditions of the country very well. Thus they could not be enticed or persuaded.
However, some monks who were not in touch with worldly affairs as they were involved with religious affairs did not understand the true facts. So, these monks believed the fabrications of anti-government groups and were wavered by the instigation which led to the monks’ protests.
Aftermath of the protests, it is found with sound evidence that exconvicted bogus monks joined anti-government groups inside and outside the country and launched the pre-empted scheme.Members of All-Myanmar Young Monks Union and All-Myanmar United Sangha Forces which were primarily leading bodies of the monks’ protests are not reverends but young wardens and lecturers who had violated laws, committed crimes and had been organized and trained as hard-cores. As
these monk wardens and lecturers wielded much influence on their pupils, the young monks were organized to take part in the protests.
In addition, it is found that the anti-government groups also enticed music and film artistes as well as writers and literati. Only few artistes and men of let-ters who are lacking patriotism followed them with the hope that the protests would gain success. Almost all the remaining film and music artistes as well as literati firmly stood by the nation and the people with
ardent patriotism. Never weretheless, it is known to all that the Government with broad-mindedness pardoned those artistes and literati.The entire incident revealed that it was not the protest of public and the majority of monks based on dissatis faction with the Government but the plotted scheme of a western power and antigovernment groups inside and outside the country and expatriates by misusing pessimist ex-convict bogus monks. Hence, I would like to reaffirm that neither public nor majority of monks participated in those protests. Actually, the August/ September protests were trivial for the whole country and in comparison to other events in other countries. However,the international media neglected the true facts made exaggerations as aspired by the anti-government groups. In reality,the strikes of few thousand of protesters were exaggerated to the extent that the entire country took part in the protests. Due to one-sided broadcasts of some news
media, the image of our country was harmed very much. Based on that incident, a western power and internal and external antigovernment groups put various pressures on Myanmar by misusing some international organizations including UN Security
Council.
Such unrests were disliked by the majority of monks who avoid the “Buddha Patikutta” works loathed by Lord Buddha and who keep religious affairs in the fore. The majority of monks were much displeased for those incidents which were not concerned with monks and which tarnished the Sasana. Similarly, the majority of the people absolutely do not want the
life in which their daily lives are destroyed and all are to live in anxiety as the education, health and social conditions are not
in normalcy. Due to unrests, bus lines were stopped, stores and shops closed and no one dared to go outside. Transportation
and businesses broke down and the basic people such as vendors, trishaw-men, taxi drivers,labourers, etc had to suffer
troubles by having no income. Therefore, the entire people denounced the unrests and violence all over the country.
Moreover, citing those unrests, USA, EU and Australia imposed added sanctions. Due to these sanctions, the State as well as the public from the basic people to big business firms suffered. It is known to all. Therefore, I would like to ascertain that those unrests and violence are absolutely disliked by the majority of the people as well as the majority of the monks.
Those unrests and violence not participated by the majority of the people and the majority of monks have been put under
control all over the country by authorities for ensuring the prevalence of peace and stability as well as the rule of law with the
assistance of the monks and laity. With a view tocarrying on the democratization process as aspired by the people as well as
the international community, the 54-member Constitution Drafting Commission has been formed for implementing the third
step of the Road Map. To-day, 3rd December 2007, the Commission commences its process of drafting the constitution.
As known to all, the Constitution Drafting Commission comprises sufficient number of legal experts and the law graduates of national races from various States and Divisions. By studying the 1947 Constitution and the 1974 Constitution and thoroughly reviewing international constitutions, the constitution will be drafted with the adopted fundamental principles and detailed basic principles of the National Convention. The fundamental principles and detailedbasic principles adopted by the National Convention are the best to suit the prevailing conditions of the country. With these principles to formulate and comprising sufficient legal experts and law graduate national peoples, no assistance or advice from other persons is required.
Moreover, I would like to say that the suggestions to review
adopted principles extensively by forming necessary bodies, and to coordinate the principles with the aspirations of anti-government groups which did not participate in the National Convention are no longer appropriate to the present situation. It
is known to all that the principles were adopted through thorough discussions by eight del-egate groups comprising
more than 1000 delegates of the National Convention. In the discussions, the respective groups submitted their views, ideas and demands. Thorough discussions were made to get a consensus from those views, ideas and demands. Based on Union
Spirit and patriotism and in the light of national interest, discussions and co-ordinations were made to obtain the most suitable solution for the nation and the people.
It is not reasonable or fair to review and amend those principles adopted by the delegates representing the entire people. Otherwise, the eight delegate groups of the National Convention would again make demands they like. So, it will be never ending and the process will get further complicated. We were to start from the first step. Actually, the adopted principles
include rights of the national races as well as rights of the citizens. Therefore, the majority of the people support the principles. Thus it is in no way to review the adopted principles. We have now commenced the drafting of a constitution
as the third step of the Road Map.
Further details and findings on the August/ September protests will be clarified by the Director-General of the Myanmar Police Force.Thank you.
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