Burma calls on US and EU to honour ‘promise’ to lift sanctions

Nay Zin Latt, a senior adviser to President Thein Sein, whose meeting with
Aung San Suu Kyi last August kick-started a series of unexpected democratic
reforms, said the West should now honour its promises.

“The Electoral process has [now] been successfully conducted, this will
be mainly concentrated on by the West and [now it] will be the turn for them
to fulfil their promise,” he told The Daily Telegraph.

He hinted the government may offer some kind of official role for Aung San Suu
Kyi following the elections, although the democracy icon and Nobel laureate
has said she would not accept any position which would require to resign her
newly-won parliamentary seat.

“As the daughter of General Aung San, the father of our independence, she
will be favoured to some extent,” said Nay Zin Latt.

The government believes the lifting of sanctions would boost its standing and
popularity in the country after the its allied party, the Union Solidarity
and Development Party (USDP) was humiliated in the elections.

While there was natural disappointment in its showing, there has not been any
criticism of the government from the country’s powerful military for its
decision to press ahead with reforms, he said.

“Government has achieved a lot, made historic improvement, no criticism
goes to government. Whatever the result, it will be welcomed by all,
government, parliament and election commission,” he added.

Despite the scale of the National League for Democracy’s victory, the
government had already committed itself to reform and will press ahead with
both political and economic reforms.

To be a democratic society is the mission but reform is in every sector,
political reform has done well and [we’re] now focusing on economic reform,
health, education, social and so forth,” he said.

He said Britain had many skills and strengths which could help Burma, but it
was unclear if it would do anything “to help to their old colonial
country. Britain is a bit conservative,” he added.

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