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MYANMAR CIVILIAN LEADER VOWS ‘REVOLUTION’ VS JUNTA
- By The Financial District
- Mar 14, 2021
- 2 min read
The civilian leader of Myanmar’s government in hiding vowed to continue supporting a “revolution” to oust the military that seized power in last month’s coup, as security forces again met protesters with lethal forces, killing at least seven on Saturday, the Associated Press (AP) reported.
Mahn Win Khaing Than, who was named the acting vice president by Myanmar’s ousted lawmakers and is a member of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, addressed the public on Saturday for the first time since the Feb. 1 military takeover. He said it is but right for the people of Myanmar to defend themselves against the junta.
“This is the darkest moment of the nation and the moment that the dawn is close,” he said in a video posted on the shadow government’s website and social media.
“In order to form a federal democracy, which all ethnic brothers who have been suffering various kinds of oppressions from the dictatorship for decades really desired, this revolution is the chance for us to put our efforts together,” he said.
He added: “We will never give up to an unjust military but we will carve our future together with our united power. Our mission must be accomplished.”
At the end of the message, he flashed a three-finger salute that has become a symbol of resistance to military rule.
Another possible indication of heightened resistance emerged Saturday with photos posted online of a railway bridge said to have been damaged by an explosive charge. The bridge was described as connecting the rail line from Mandalay to Myitkyina, the capital of the northern state of Kachin.
The photos show damage to part of the concrete support. No one took responsibility for the action, which could be seen as support for the nationwide strike of state railway workers, part of the civil disobedience movement against the coup. At the same time, it could also disrupt military reinforcements in Kachin, where ethnic guerrillas have been fighting the central government.
