PRESS CONFERENCE A LA MYANMAR
December 9th 2007 01:48
GOVERNMENT PRESS CONFERENCE, MYANMAR STYLE
Transcript: Press conference of the Information Committee of the State Peace and
Development Council was held at the Ministry of Information on Theinbyu Road, here.
Present were information officials, U Sein Win of Kyodo News Agency, Patron of Myanmar Foreign Correspondents Club U Hla Htway, President U Sao Kai Hpa, Secretary U Thitsa Hla Htway, correspondents, and editorial staff of local journals and magazines.
Local and foreign journalists raised queries in connection with the clarification made by Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan and director-general of Myanmar Police Force, Brig-Gen Khin Yi.
Q: U (Mr) Win Kyaw Oo: Myanmar Times ...the last question is that the government newspapers say that the support for NLD is on the decrease as evidenced by resignation of its party members. In this connection, I would like to ask how the government studies the public opinion. I would also like to know whether the government assumes that the political development of Myanmar would be possible only when Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and political prisoners are held in detention.
Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan:
I would like to ask you Ko (Brother) Win Kyaw Oo. The policies practised today by NLD are: defiance of all orders; confrontation; and the four moves to stop or halt certain works. Those four demands for stopping foreign investments; for stopping the inflow of loans, aids and grants; for stopping the tourists from coming to Myanmar; and for stopping trading with the country and boycotting the products manufactured in the country. They are following the same policy even today.
Do you like them, Ko Win Kyaw Oo? Please try to answer.
(U Win Kyaw Oo answered he did not like them.)
If you don't like them, will the public like them? Will the majority of the public like them? Due to such pressure and closures, our quota of garments ceased or was reduced. As a consequence, about 160 factories had to shut down. About 40 factories had to lay off workers. More than 80,000 workers lost their jobs and over 400,000 dependants were affected. Will those people like them? Please answer my question.
(U Win Kyaw Oo answered he did not like them.)
Well, I do not like them either. I don't think Ko Win Kyaw Oo will like them. If so, the attitude of the people is clear.
Another thing is that due to suffered their mistakes, the people have adversely suffered much. And so has the nation. I simply believe that if there were no such hindrances the nation today will have developed doubled or almost doubled. In the agriculture sector, there are irrigation networks, in the road transport there are roads and bridges and in the communications sector there are telephones and satellite phones and cellular phones. Regarding education and health, there are rich opportunities. In the past in the border areas, schools were nonexistent. No learning. No roads and no towns. No health care.
Please Ko Win Kyaw Oo, go to those border areas and see for yourself.
There are roads, bridges, electricity, dams and reservoirs as well as schools and dispensaries for the national races in the border areas. If there were no blockages just stated but due assistance and cooperation, the progress will be doubled or nearly doubled, I believe. This is in the interest of the nation and the people. No one will refuse something that serves his interest. But who are blocking them? Who are creating problems? It is clear. What will be the public opinion towards such persons? I believe you will see reason. So, concerning the public opinion towards NLD this is the answer.
Another question is if the political development of Myanmar and national unity would be possible only when Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and political prisoners are held in detention.
My answer is that the persons held in the prisons today are there mainly because they have violated law. In dealing with political matters, the acts that will undermine stability, peace and the rule of law and that will incite violence and riots will not be tolerated.
It is because in the country, political affairs and economic undertakings cannot be managed nor national unity built in the absence of stability, peace and the rule of law. Hence, preventive measures will have to be taken if there are acts that will undermine stability, peace and the rule of law and that will incite violence and riots.
Without stability, peace and the rule of law, we cannot manage political, economic, social and education affairs. There are certain countries that are in no position to manage such affairs due to lack of stability, peace and the rule of law.
Iraq may be cited. No political results can be produced; no unity can be forged; and no economy can be built due to lack of stability, peace and the rule of law.
In Myanmar, we are in need of stability, peace and the rule of law to be able to introduce democracy desired by the people, economic progress and market economy. We will have to prevent the elements, the groups and the acts that will undermine stability, peace and the rule of law. Action will have to be taken against them if necessary.
From MediaBlab by Peter Olszewski
Transcript: Press conference of the Information Committee of the State Peace and
Development Council was held at the Ministry of Information on Theinbyu Road, here.
Present were information officials, U Sein Win of Kyodo News Agency, Patron of Myanmar Foreign Correspondents Club U Hla Htway, President U Sao Kai Hpa, Secretary U Thitsa Hla Htway, correspondents, and editorial staff of local journals and magazines.
Local and foreign journalists raised queries in connection with the clarification made by Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan and director-general of Myanmar Police Force, Brig-Gen Khin Yi.
Q: U (Mr) Win Kyaw Oo: Myanmar Times ...the last question is that the government newspapers say that the support for NLD is on the decrease as evidenced by resignation of its party members. In this connection, I would like to ask how the government studies the public opinion. I would also like to know whether the government assumes that the political development of Myanmar would be possible only when Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and political prisoners are held in detention.
Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan:
I would like to ask you Ko (Brother) Win Kyaw Oo. The policies practised today by NLD are: defiance of all orders; confrontation; and the four moves to stop or halt certain works. Those four demands for stopping foreign investments; for stopping the inflow of loans, aids and grants; for stopping the tourists from coming to Myanmar; and for stopping trading with the country and boycotting the products manufactured in the country. They are following the same policy even today.
Do you like them, Ko Win Kyaw Oo? Please try to answer.
(U Win Kyaw Oo answered he did not like them.)
(U Win Kyaw Oo answered he did not like them.)
Well, I do not like them either. I don't think Ko Win Kyaw Oo will like them. If so, the attitude of the people is clear.
Another thing is that due to suffered their mistakes, the people have adversely suffered much. And so has the nation. I simply believe that if there were no such hindrances the nation today will have developed doubled or almost doubled. In the agriculture sector, there are irrigation networks, in the road transport there are roads and bridges and in the communications sector there are telephones and satellite phones and cellular phones. Regarding education and health, there are rich opportunities. In the past in the border areas, schools were nonexistent. No learning. No roads and no towns. No health care.
Please Ko Win Kyaw Oo, go to those border areas and see for yourself.
There are roads, bridges, electricity, dams and reservoirs as well as schools and dispensaries for the national races in the border areas. If there were no blockages just stated but due assistance and cooperation, the progress will be doubled or nearly doubled, I believe. This is in the interest of the nation and the people. No one will refuse something that serves his interest. But who are blocking them? Who are creating problems? It is clear. What will be the public opinion towards such persons? I believe you will see reason. So, concerning the public opinion towards NLD this is the answer.
Another question is if the political development of Myanmar and national unity would be possible only when Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and political prisoners are held in detention.
My answer is that the persons held in the prisons today are there mainly because they have violated law. In dealing with political matters, the acts that will undermine stability, peace and the rule of law and that will incite violence and riots will not be tolerated.
It is because in the country, political affairs and economic undertakings cannot be managed nor national unity built in the absence of stability, peace and the rule of law. Hence, preventive measures will have to be taken if there are acts that will undermine stability, peace and the rule of law and that will incite violence and riots.
Without stability, peace and the rule of law, we cannot manage political, economic, social and education affairs. There are certain countries that are in no position to manage such affairs due to lack of stability, peace and the rule of law.
Iraq may be cited. No political results can be produced; no unity can be forged; and no economy can be built due to lack of stability, peace and the rule of law.
In Myanmar, we are in need of stability, peace and the rule of law to be able to introduce democracy desired by the people, economic progress and market economy. We will have to prevent the elements, the groups and the acts that will undermine stability, peace and the rule of law. Action will have to be taken against them if necessary.
From MediaBlab by Peter Olszewski
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