Myanmar be offered shared rule: Indonesia FM
Myanmar's military junta should be allowed to temporarily share power with a civilian govt to facilitate transition to democracy, Indonesia's foreign minister has said.
By Agencies |
CHICAGO: Myanmar's military junta should be allowed to temporarily share power with a civilian government in order to facilitate the transition to democracy, Indonesia's foreign minister said.
"We have to be more sensitive as to what the crux of the problem is," Hassan Wirajuda said in an interview. "To me it's the question of insecurity on the part of the military regime and what will happen to them in the new, democratic Myanmar."
Wirajuda's suggestion came as UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari drafted a keenly-awaited report on his talks with Myanmar's ruling generals and democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Gambari flew into Singapore late Tuesday after ending a four-day mission to Myanmar in the wake of the junta's bloody crackdown on anti-government street protests.
The United Nations Human Rights Council passed a motion Tuesday condemning the crackdown in which it called for the immediate release of political prisoners and urged the government "to desist from further violence against peaceful protestors." But sanctions and condemnations from the West have so far done nothing to sway Myanmar's region, Wirajuda said following a speech to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
"We have to be more sensitive as to what the crux of the problem is," Hassan Wirajuda said in an interview. "To me it's the question of insecurity on the part of the military regime and what will happen to them in the new, democratic Myanmar."
Wirajuda's suggestion came as UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari drafted a keenly-awaited report on his talks with Myanmar's ruling generals and democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Gambari flew into Singapore late Tuesday after ending a four-day mission to Myanmar in the wake of the junta's bloody crackdown on anti-government street protests.
The United Nations Human Rights Council passed a motion Tuesday condemning the crackdown in which it called for the immediate release of political prisoners and urged the government "to desist from further violence against peaceful protestors." But sanctions and condemnations from the West have so far done nothing to sway Myanmar's region, Wirajuda said following a speech to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
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