U Aung Toe, who headed the Supreme Court for more than 22 years, boasted in 2008 of delivering a constitution that preserved the military’s ‘leading role’ in politics.
Coup Leader Brought Myanmar to Its Knees to Sustain a Failed Political Dream
Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing in August 2020. / The Irrawaddy
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By Naing Khit 14 May 2021
Everyone wants a sustainable life, a sustainable economy, a sustainable environment and a sustainable country. For the people of Myanmar, however, those ambitions were dashed when the military staged a coup on Feb. 1. But the man who shattered an entire country seems satisfied with the purported “sustainability” he has created, presiding over the disaster in a place he has no right to be the Presidential Residence.
One of the first actions coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing took a few days after he staged his coup was to forcibly move democratically elected President U Win Myint from the Presidential Residence to another location, also in Naypyitaw, where he was placed under house arrest. Right after that, the general and his wife held a traditional house warming party with five Buddhist monks in the re
Myanmar Junta’s Leadership Has No Idea What Forces Have Been Unleashed
Soldiers are deployed in Yangon to crack down anti-regime protesters on March 3. / The Irrawaddy
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By CHARLES PETRIE 1 May 2021
The coup is destined to fail. It will fail because the senior leadership has not understood how much less in control of the country the Tatmadaw (the military) actually is today. The coup is a total overreach by the Commander in Chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. Not only did the coup completely upend the (albeit uneven) progress towards democracy and the (fragile) peace process that were underway, but it threatens the very interests of many from within the former regime of Senior General Than Shwe as well as powerful regional players with major geopolitical stakes in the country. The Commander in Chief has unleashed such a level of brutal violence against the very widespread civilian protests that many inside the Tatmadaw should be worried. The Tatmadaw, who have always
Military’s Latest Coup Pushes Myanmar Into Revolt
An anti-regime protest in Mandalay on Feb. 22. / The Irrawaddy
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By Naing Khit 30 April 2021
After three months of unyielding opposition to the military’s Feb. 1 coup, Myanmar is now a country in revolt.
The country, which has experienced more than its share of uprisings and revolutions including the “’88 Pro-Democracy Uprising” in 1988 and the “Saffron Revolution” led by Buddhist monks in 2007, not to mention its century-long independence struggle ending in 1948 is now witnessing a “Spring Revolution”. These uprisings have occurred periodically in reaction to oppressive military dictatorships and the military-created authoritarianism that has taken root in the country over the past 60 years.
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