_ by Min Khin Kyaw

As the effects of cyclone Nargis emerged, the way the junta’s contempt on our people had its own story to tell the international communities.

Certainly we’d like to see the aids workers to be able to reach all the needy people. As the junta has blocked their entry and is laughing at their generosity, we’d also like to see the supply planes flying in to air-drop the supplies. However, whoever tries to seek the supplies could be accused as unpatriotic and for worse they can be maltreated.

We know the way how Burmese volunteers and social workers were forced to give up their good intentions. Now we have to content with the way the junta handling the crises. And we have to accept it as long as the junta accepts the supplies and delivers them. Certainly we’d like to see only the supplies to flow in. Any cash donations certainly will not reach the needy ones.

Hopefully, the UN would find a solution and reach to a  deal with our country – for peace sake. But if the UN members from free world be soft at the obstacles, we Burmese would have to wait through more sufferings because a few selfish countries who are supporting the junta are unable to see humans as humans. Yet the world must push the junta to accept the aids workers eventually – especially the medical workers and construction technicians who understand sewage environment – of course, that‘s clearly apolitical.

Sadly an earthquake occurred in China and we’ve seen how the Chinese are dealing with it – in comparison to the Burma’s junta. We have to ask China that why it doesn’t like to see Burma’s junta to activate help for the people the way China does – not just for photo opportunities. Does China oppose aids to come in for the earthquake victims too?

We should ask the junta to ask the regional countries for help whilst accepting aid also from other international communities who are trying to do so. We must see the junta’s sympathy to our people as much as it has shown its pride. Rather less pride but more humanity, we need.