Kachin Protesters Reject Myanmar Military-Appointed Negotiation Team
An anti-regime protester’s placard reads, “We don’t want negotiation, we only want dictatorship out.” / Kachinwaves
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By The Irrawaddy 26 February 2021
Yangon Kachin State protesters have rejected appeals from a military-appointed negotiation team, which was reportedly formed to prevent activists from being harmed in protests and sent to jail.
Young people leading protests in the state capital, Myitkyina, said they would not accept the negotiation team.
“We don’t want military dictatorship. Therefore, we can’t accept any team assembled by the military,” said a female protest leader, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “We can’t accept the laws arbitrarily enacted by the military dictatorship after it seized power by force. Talks will be useless.”