Daw Aung San Suu Kyi ‘not satisfied’ with junta talks
AFP news by Hla Hla Htay 56 minutes ago
YANGON (AFP) – Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Wednesday that she was “not satisfied” with her talks with the junta, a spokesman for her party said after meeting with her.
“Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is not satisfied with her meetings with the relations minister, mainly because there is no time frame” to the process, spokesman Nyan Win told reporters, using an honorific before her name.
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The junta appointed Labour Minister Aung Kyi as a “relations minister” to coordinate contacts with the Nobel peace prize winner in the wake of a deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protests in September.
She met with him for the fifth time on Wednesday, but there is no schedule for future talks. She was also allowed to speak with Nyan Win and other top members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party.
Nyan Win read out a statement from Aung San Suu Kyi, who told her supporters that she cherished their sacrifices.
“I always cherish the efforts of the NLD members. I ask you to remain united as a party,” the statement said.
She also quoted her father, liberation hero Aung San, telling the public to “Hope for the best, and prepare for the worst.”
“We have to be patient, as we have sacrificed for many years,” she said in the statement.
“I don’t want to give false hopes to the people. I will tell the people more when the time comes.”
“So far we have not received any clear message from the government,” she said.
Aung San Suu Kyi repeated her call for tripartite talks bringing together the military, the NLD and the armed ethnic groups that have battled the junta for decades.
“The ethnic minorities should participate,” she said.
For the first time since her talks with the junta began three months ago, she referred to the military’s self-proclaimed “road map” to democracy, which has been widely rejected as a sham by western nations.
“The seven-step road map implemented by the government should be all inclusive,” she said.
The first step on the road map was a National Convention tasked with drawing up guidelines for a new constitution.
The convention’s on-and-off talks ran over a decade, and the NLD boycotted the proceedings in protest at Aung San Suu Kyi’s detention in house arrest.
The junta claims the road map will eventually lead to elections, once a new constitution is approved in a referendum. There is no timeline to complete the process.
