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The chairman of the Kayin People's Party (KPP) in Twante Township, in Yangon Region, Al Mu Gyi, was shot dead on the morning of 30 April according to a local source.
Min Aung Hlaing’s regime is enabled by a handpicked crew of opportunists comprising failed politicians, self-serving advisers and monks corrupted by proximity to power.
Since seizing power from the elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, Myanmar’s military, known as the Tatmadaw, has been working to entice rival ethnic political parties into its new administration, in a sign of the divide-and-rule tactics it has long used to control the country.
Saw Mu Daw , an ethnic Karen youth in the central Ayeyarwady Region, feels betrayed by the ethnic party he once supported.
Leading up to national elections in November, he and his friends went door-to-door campaigning for Mahn Nyein Maung of the Kayin People’s Party, who was running for a seat in the national legislature.
Myanmar Generals’ Path to ‘Eternal Peace’
The peace process was already at a crossroads before the coup. With the Tatmadaw now in charge, what comes next?
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February 08, 2021
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When the National League for Democracy closed its first term in government last year, peacebuilding in Myanmar was already at a crossroads.
Now, following the military coup, observers are asking what approach the generals might take to secure the “eternal peace” prescribed in the declaration justifying the emergency state.
Armed conflicts in the ethnic areas are Myanmar’s seemingly never ending drama. They were even cited as the cause of the major political crises of the 20th century, followed by power grabs by other men in uniform. This time, however, the military is citing election irregularities and the smuggled walkie-talkie of NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi.