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Representatives
of the People elected to the Parliament in the 1990
multiparty democratic elections
(Committee Representing People's Parliament)
CRPP
Notification 1/1999
Representatives
of the People elected to the People's Parliament in the 1990 multiparty
democratic elections (Committee representing People's Parliament)
Notification No 1 (1/99)
1. The invitation by the Japanese government for a state visit of a high
ranking military intelligence officer of the State Peace and Development
Council is tantamount to encouragement and approval of the activities
of the Military Intelligence that is currently crushing and demolishing
those individuals and organisations that are striving valiantly for democracy
and human rights in Burma.
2. Therefore, a letter dated 20 January 1999, to the Speaker of the two
Houses of the Japanese Parliament from the NLD Parliamentarians-elect
was delivered to the Japanese Embassy in Burma stating their objections
and their fears.
3. The objections raised were as follows:-
(1) We are the representatives of the people who were freely and fairly
elected in the 1990 general elections.
(2) Since the middle of last year, over 150 of our colleagues have been
illegally incarcerated by the military authorities.
(3) This is a deliberate ploy in a systemic strategy to prevent the convening
of parliament. It is also a well known fact that the office of the Military
Intelligence Directorate is conducting these operations with the intention
of obliterating the entire democracy movement.
(4) Therefore the news of the invitation to visit as a state guest a high
ranking and important official from the Military Intelligence by the Japanese
government disturbs us greatly.
(5) We ask you to consider the feelings that will be engendered in the
hearts of the Japanese people if we, the elected representatives of the
people invited those who are obstructing the Japanese people's representatives
from performing their tasks and deliberately denying them their fundamental
human rights like what is now happening to us.
(6) We also request the members of the Upper and Lower House of the Japanese
Parliament to endorse the activities of this committee that is representative
of the parliament. This committee was formed on the 16 November 1998 as
a result of the military authorities failing to convene parliament, a
request made by the National League for Democracy. This committee has
approval signatures of 60 percent of the people who were elected to the
People's Parliament.
(7) We request the speakers of both Houses to circulate this letter to
all their members. We hope that circumstances in the near future will
be
such that closer ties and cooperation can be forged between the people
of Japan and the people of Burma through the good will and offices of
their elected representatives.
Committee Representing People's Parliament
22 January 1999
(Responsibility for this publication is taken by the National League for
Democracy.)
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