Myanmar Election 2010: will the history repeat?

Since the announcement of the election date, i.e. 07 November 2010, it seems that the ruling junta in Myanmar has been trying its best (and with all costs) to win the election. We have seen wave after wave of military reshuffles in recent weeks, the biggest reshuffle in decades. As a result, more and more top military officials are retiring from their military posts, and preparing to contest in the upcoming general election.

That is why one can argue that the ruling junta is deploying its grand, and last available, strategy to keep holding onto the power since more and more junta’s men have just changed their colors from military into civilians, and will contest for most of the top available seats in the election. What is more, there is no doubt that the junta will hundred percent make sure its candidates to win the election.

But what would be the consequence of the election if the military-backed individuals or parties lost in the general election? In fact, the history in Myanmar has proven that winning election alone could not guarantee for ruling the country. In other words, the elected representatives could still end up behind the bars in the so-called Myanmar way to democracy.

Will the history in Myanmar repeat again in the post-election 2010 era is still remaining to be seen.--KBG

Biggest change in decades

YANGON - A major reshuffle by Myanmar's ruling junta marks the biggest shift within the military in decades, with changes to more than 70 senior army officers' positions, an officer said on Saturday.

News emerged from the country on Friday that some senior leaders, including army number three Thura Shwe Mann, had retired from their military posts to stand in the November 7 poll - the first held in the country in two decades.

'More than 70 senior military officers' posts were changed. We can say that it's the biggest change within the military in decades,' an army officer, who declined to be named, told AFP.

'Our leaders have been planning for a long time to keep the military active with the new generation,' he added.

Initial news reports on Friday said the junta chief Than Shwe - who has ruled the country with an iron-fist since 1992 - and his number two Maung Aye had stepped down from the army, but this was denied by a government official.

An unnamed government officer close to the regime said on Saturday that the 77-year-old and his deputy were 'likely to retire soon'.--The Straits Times

Myanmar's military reshuffles

YANGON – An official close to Myanmar's junta says the government has carried out a major military reshuffle, retiring more than a dozen senior military leaders ahead of upcoming national elections. The leaders are widely believed to be retiring from their military posts so they can run in the Nov 7 polls, the first in two decades.

The reshuffle is the second since April, when 27 senior officials including Prime Minister Gen Thein Sein retired from the military.

Friday's reshuffle included the junta's third- and fourth-ranking generals, Thura Shwe Mann and Tin Aung Myint Oo. The official declined to be identified because the reshuffle has not been officially announced.--The Straits Times

Masha law malawng Australia hte Japan de sa du chyai mayu

Australia, Japan hte Miwa (China) mungdan ni gaw, Asia-Pacific ginra hta bu hkawm chyai na matu, masha law malawng ra sharawng dik htum ai bandung mungdan ni rai nga ai lam hpe, the Asia-Pacific Travel Survey 2010 hpe lakap nna chye lu ai. Australia mungdan gaw tsalam shadang (17) hte yawng a n-dung shara hta rai nga ai rai nna, du wa na lahkawng ning laman hta masha law malawng sa du chyai da mayu ai bandung ginra nan mung rai nga ai.

Japan mungdan gaw tsalam shadang (16) hte numbat lahkawng shara hta rai nga ai zawn, Miwa mungdan mung tsalam shadang (9) hte numbat masum shara hta rai nga ai lam hpe mung, matut nna chye lu ai. "Australia mungdan hta shingra tara hte hkrak rai nna tsawm htap la ai ginra ni nga ai zawn, Japan mungdan hta bai rai yang mung, hpu reng htum ai labau hte htunghking lailen ni nga nga ai lam ni a majaw, masha marai manga hta na marai langai mi dai mungdan ni de du chyai hkawm mayu ai lam gaw, hpa mau na shara nnga ai" nga nna Asia-Pacific hte seng ai VISA company a ginra lithkam Roy Jackson matut tsun lai wa sai rai.--AFP

Ninghkap hpung a kaba htum salang wa hkring sa mat

YANGON - Democracy hpe ra sharawng ai, mying dan dawng hkra re ai, ninghkap hpung langai a ningbaw wa gaw Laban hpang mali ya shani bungli kaw nna hkring sa mat sai lam, chye lu ai. Ndai zawn, hkring sa mat ai lam gaw, aten galu galang jawm ala dingda nga ai dai ning na ra lata poi ndai gaw, hpyen uphkang du ni ga sadi jaw da ai zawn, wanglu wanglang rai nna rap rap ra ra re ai (free and fair) ra lata poi byin tai wa na lam nnga ai, ngu ai lam a majaw rai nga ai.

Phyo Min Thein mying ai Munghpawm Democracy Hpung (Union Democracy Party) a tingnyang up wa Reuters hpe tsun ai lam hta, ra lata poi tara ni gaw ladu shalai nan ja la ai hta sha n-ga, hpyen uphkang hpung ni gaw shanhte ra sharawng madi shadaw ai uhpung uhpawng ni nan awng padang lam lu na matu, ka jahtuk da ai tara ni nan mung rai nga ai re majaw, hpyen mung up magam wa a daru magam ahkang aya hpe kahtap nna aten sharen/shana tawn ya ai lam sha re, nga ai.

“Ngai myit mada lai wa ai lam gaw, Myen mungdan masha ni yawng mungmasa lam hta shang lawm lu na lam hte hpawn, mungmasa hte seng nna sharen da hkrum ai ni hpe mung shalawt dat ya nna ra lata poi hta shang lawm lu na ahkang mung jaw na, wanglu wanglang re ai hku myit sharawt hkawm lu na lam hte wanglu wanglang re ai shilaika lam ni re. Rai tim, kaja wa tatut hta gaw, ndai lam ni langai mi mung byin pru wa ai lam nnga ai majaw, pru hkring sa mat na matu ngai dawdan kau ai lam re” nga ai.

Asak 41 ning re ai Phyo Min Thein hpe mung masha ni law malawng gaw, Myen mungdan a democracy hkrun lam a matu myit mada shara kaba tawn da mai ai wa langai re ai hku nna mu mada ai lam rai nga ai. Moi de gaw asuya hpe ninghkap ai jawngma myit sharawt langai mi tai lai wa ai lam a marang e, htawng hta 4 ning sharen da ai hkrum lai wa ai wa mung rai nga ai zawn, shi a atsam ningja ni a majaw mying gumhkawng wa ai wa mung rai nga ai.

Myen asuya gaw dai ning na shi a ra lata poi nhtoi hte seng nna dai ni ten du hkra tara shang ndau shana ai lam rai nnga shi ai rai tim, dai ning na ra lata poi ndai gaw wanglu wanglang rai nna rap rap ra ra re ai - yawng shang lawm mai ai - ra lata poi re, nga nna atsun nga ai lam rai nga ai.--The Straits Times

Hkalup sara Yawhan a n-rut n-ra a’ngaw a’ngam ni hpe mu

Hkalup sara Yawhan a n-rut n-ra a’ngaw a’ngam ni rai na re, ngu shadu ai n-ra ahkyep alep ni hpe Sveti Ivan Island mying ai, Bulgaria mungdan a dingda maga de na, zunlawng hta - lai wa sai shata htum wa maga de – mu htu shaw la lu ai lam hpe chye lu ai.

Labau htu sagawn hpaji ninghkring rai nga ai Professor Kazimir Popkonstantinov tsun sanglang dan ai lam hta “a-wa, shakap dawchyen hte lata lahpum dawchyen ni hpe mu lu ai lam re” nga ai.

Hkristan makam labau hta grai ahkyak lai wa ai wa langai mi rai nga ai hkalup sara Yawhan gaw, Madu Yesu mungkan ga de yu sa wa na lam hpe tau hkrau nna htawn shana ya ai wa mung rai nna, madu Yesu hpe hkalup jaw ai wa nan mung rai nga ai hta, hpang jahtum e gaw Herod hkawhkam wa e baw daw nna sat kau ai hkrum ai wa mung rai nga ai.

Lai wa sai (5) ning daram hta mung hkalup sara Yawhan a hkum hkrang n-rut n-ra ni hpe Iran mungdan kaw mu htu shaw lai wa sai nga nna tsun kajai lai wa sai lam rai nga ai. Rai tim, Bulgarian labau htu sagawn hpaji ninghkring ni hku nna gaw, ya mu lu ai n-rut n-ra dawchyen kaji kajaw ndai ni gaw hkalup sara Yawhan hte seng ai n-rut n-ra ni nan rai na re, nga nna kam nga ma ai zawn, kata lam hpe matut nna jep sagawn madi shadaw sa mat wa na re lam hpe mung, BBC a shiga htawn ai wa Malcolm Brabant hpe lakap nna chye lu ai.--BBC