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BURMA: Military plans to recruit youth

to boost up unpopular regime
The attempt by the military government of Burma to
introduce a law which is entitled Public Military Service
Law is quite disturbing. The assessment of the move by
the military regime which has now established a
parliament which is basically controlled by the military
itself. The question is as to why they are moving
towards the compulsory recruitment of the Burmese
young persons into military service and this should be
looked at carefully. The primary purpose of the military
in Burma is to suppress the peoples' movements which
have been agitating for genuine democracy in Burma.

The movement organized and symbolized by Aung San

Suu Kyi and the democratic parties of Burma has
struggled since 1988 to end the military usurpation of
the political power in Burma. The total preoccupation of
the military in Burma is to suppress this movement and
the new recruitment of young persons would be seen
as a move to mobilize the youth of Burma against the
democratic movement which they, in fact support. This
move should be seen more as a political move to
create deep division within the Burmese people at the
very time Burma needs to be more united in the
attempt to overcome many offense extremely difficult
economic, social and political problems.

Attempt to use the Burma youth against Burmese

people themselves cannot be legitimate. The purpose
of military is to protect the nations from external
enemies and not to create political suppression from
within the country itself.

The election of the new parliament has not made any

change in the political situation at all. The decision
taken by Aung San Suu Kyi and her democratic front to
boycott the election has been seen by the Burmese

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people themselves as well as outside as a very

legitimate move. At a time when the military is trying
to consolidate its power which has lost any kind of
legitimacy the people have lost any kind of confidence
in this extremely suppressive regime.

The priority in Burma is not for recruitment of youth,

but for the suppression of its own people and to grant
greater freedom to the democratic parties to become
active within the political life and to play the role that
they have decided to play for a very long time.
Creating opportunities for greater violence within
Burma would not be in the interests of the Burmese
people.

The attempt to recruit young persons from among the

Burmese is an attempt to utilize these young persons
for bloodshed. We have seen such mobilization of youth
against their own people in many places for example in
Indonesia between 1965 and 1966. Burma has seen
continuous suppression from 1962 on and does not
need to see any more bloodshed or anymore
suppression to his own people. Therefore this move
needs to be exposed and opposed in the interest of a
democracy and freedom in Burma.

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