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Myanmar Junta accuses democratic opposition of plotting to seize power
Yangon, July 28: Myanmar`s ruling Junta launched a new attack on Aung San Suu Kyi and her opposition party today, accusing them of plotting to seize power from the regime and insisting it would never stand aside.
Yangon, July 28: Myanmar's ruling Junta launched a new attack on Aung San Suu Kyi and her opposition party today, accusing them of plotting to seize power from the regime and insisting it would never stand aside.
The comments came a day after the military government announced it had foiled a scheme hatched by rebel and dissident groups to overthrow the junta by assassinating its
leaders and mounting a campaign of civil unrest.
It said the campaign involved inciting monks, students, workers and opposition parties to rise up against the regime, and was mounted in support of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD). On Sunday it stepped up its rhetoric, saying violence on May 30 which triggered Aung San Suu Kyi's arrest and continuing detention was the result of the NLD's "strategy to plot the downfall of the existing government."
Eyewitnesses to the clashes say Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters, who had been making a political tour of northern Myanmar, were ambushed by a pro-government mob in an incident feared to have left dozens dead.
But in a commentary in the official press, the Junta said the May 30 incident showed that if the NLD seized power "the country will be a whirlpool of anarchy and civil conflicts." Myanmar's military, which has been in power in various guises for the past four decades, has long cited the threat of civil strife as reason for its refusal to stand aside and introduce democratic reforms.
Bureau Report
It said the campaign involved inciting monks, students, workers and opposition parties to rise up against the regime, and was mounted in support of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD). On Sunday it stepped up its rhetoric, saying violence on May 30 which triggered Aung San Suu Kyi's arrest and continuing detention was the result of the NLD's "strategy to plot the downfall of the existing government."
Eyewitnesses to the clashes say Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters, who had been making a political tour of northern Myanmar, were ambushed by a pro-government mob in an incident feared to have left dozens dead.
But in a commentary in the official press, the Junta said the May 30 incident showed that if the NLD seized power "the country will be a whirlpool of anarchy and civil conflicts." Myanmar's military, which has been in power in various guises for the past four decades, has long cited the threat of civil strife as reason for its refusal to stand aside and introduce democratic reforms.
Bureau Report