NLD must Lead the Fight against Sham Constitution

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_ by Shwe Sin Htun (adpfmburma.com)

The plan of SPDC’s referendum and election is a serious blow on opposition side which is still making so many mixed chorales of pros and cons among the people.

For the opposition side, we need to have an agreement on how we are going to respond to SPDC’s plans. Especially the NLD is required to make clear cut decisions for the future of their political standing, what they are going to do, how they want to lead the country, and what vision they have on the impossible dialogue.

The SPDC may also have a hidden plan in case they lose in the referendum. I think, they will make sure to win the way they want in referendum. Even if they lose it, they may have a chance to drag on for buying time to rewrite the constitution. If we let it happen whatever the way they want to do, according to what they have announced for the referendum in May, there is no good sign for the National League for Democracy NLD for their future political standing and for the movement as a whole as well.

If we look back at the Saffron Revolution in last Spetember, it is the greatest revolution in the recent history, however it did not reach the goal of peace and a political settlement. We did not see any leaders of the NLD during that Saffron Revolution, not even a strong statement from them.

I want to say that NLD’s participation is still keeping a vital role in our struggle no matter whether they have a clear plan to lead us or not. International organizations and the nternational governments, inculding the United Nations, only recognize the NLD as a leading organization of Burma’s democratic struggle. I do believe that there we need a party or an organization like the NLD for the revolutionary movement to make a decisive battle on the SPDC military regime.

I have urged the people of Burma to go for the revolution whenever I got opportunities to speak on the radios especially from Democratic Voice of Burma radio. I am still doing the same sometimes, but now I do not want to push the people of Burma to go for the revolution again without the leadership by NLD or a leading political group.

I do believe that if we can do a national uprising to stop the referedum, there could be a breake down of running mechanisms of the SPDC military regime. In this situation, if we go for the decisive battle or if we create another mass movement without the NLD, I do not believe that there will be an end game or a good result for the poeple of Burma.