Unstoppable Civil War

The conflict has being happened since independent (1948) as one of the world's longest running civil wars. Ethnics are fight for their self-determination and their ethnic rights. The previous military leaders did not try to find solution. They used the conflict to maintain their power. Their reason is to restore peace and they are the only organization can manage the country not to separate as many states. Because only fighting war and arm force is more powerful than over 100 rebellion groups.
Aung San Suu Kyi had raised expectations for the peace talks after she won election. She gave the name for conference “21st-Century Panglong Conference,” referring to the 1947 Panglong Agreement between Burmese and major ethnic groups. The agreement is the ethnic groups can separate from the state after 10 years of independence if they desire.
Despite the conference’s heavy symbolism, most participants and observers said limited optimism peace talk. Because during holding conference, military is fighting to ethnic groups, killing the people and burning the villages.
The conference is trio discussion among Ethnic groups, the government and military. Only military officials’ talk dominant on conference. She is only most powerful in her party but she cannot control the commander in chief in power shared quasi-civilian government.
She said to be “all-inclusive” conference but military did not accept four major ethnic groups to attend conference.
I believe Aung San Su Kyi hold the conference for the reason to raise her political power. She try to hide and cover her unsuccessful Democratic Transition. The peace talk will not be able success without changing the constitution which gives the ethnic rights and their self-determination.

Kyaw Min
10/09/2016