Pro-Junta Ethnic Groups Accused Daw Suu of Reliance on Foreign Powers

16.11.2007: Junta mouthpiece newspapers reported on Friday that pro-junta ceased-fire ethnic armed groups announced their opposition to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s statement which was released on her behalf by United Nations Special Envoy Mr. Gambari on 08.11.07 in Singapore.

These pro-junta ethnic groups accused that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s statement was written in English and read out by a foreigner on her behalf in foreign country showing her reliance on foreign forces.

And pro-junta groups said, unsurprisingly, that they support junta’s pro-military constitution, and that they recognize junta’s stage-managed rubber-stamp convention, so called National Convention, as the legitimate authoritative place for discussions on the future constitution.

But they said they do not regard Daw Aung San Suu Kyi as the sole negotiator carrying out dialogues with junta on behalf of all ethnic groups. And they claimed that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi have no authority to ask for any modifications on the already drafted pro-military constitution.