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Zomi says:
Who still can say that the referendum in May 2008 will be free and fair?
Who still can say that the election in 2010 will be free and fair?
Who still can say that there will be a government of the people, by the
people, and for the people will be established in 2010?
Who still can say that the dishonest SPDC will become honest this time
around? (Can a leopard change its spot? Can a military thug change his
violent nature?)
Jeremiah 13:23 (New International Version)
23 Can the Ethiopian [a] change his skin
or the leopard its spots?
Neither can you do good
who are accustomed to doing evil.
Footnotes:
1.. Jeremiah 13:23 Hebrew Cu****e (probably a person from the upper Nile
region)
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=30&chapter=13&verse=23&version=31&context=verse
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Monday, May 05, 2008 5:14 AM
Subject: [ZONET] Burmese junta mounts pressure on people to vote "yes"
Burmese junta mounts pressure on people to vote "yes"
Khonumthung News
May 5, 2008.
The Burmese junta authorities in Zomi (Chin) state have been exerting a
lot
of pressure on the people to vote in favour of the draft constitution in
the
referendum scheduled to be held on May 10.
Recently, officials of Town****p Peace and Development Council of Tedim
Town****p in Zomi (Chin) state threatened people to cast the "yes" vote.
"If the authorities find people marking "X" ("No" vote), the immigration
office will immediately remove the name of the voter from its household
list," said a local in Tedim town****p requesting anonymity.
Similarly, locals authorities, members of village councils in rural areas
of
Hakha and Thangtlang town****ps in Zomi (Chin) state also warned villagers
that they will take action against those who cast the "No" vote.
No details are available on what sort of action is to be taken.
The authorities distributed the draft constitution in Tedim Town****p
though
the people do not have enough time to read it in detail as the authorities
took it back after a week, locals added.
Most Zomis (Chins) in Burma who stay in Mizoram, the north eastern state
of
India and are eligible to cast votes are now in a dilemma whether to go to
Burma for voting given the cir***stances in Zomi (Chin) state.
"In this atmosphere, apparently the referendum will not be free and fair
and
some people are not keen to go to the polling station and vote," a local
in
Zomi (Chin) state said.
The authorities have imposed travel restrictions on the people who live in
Zomi (Chin) state during the referendum.
Most referendum observers believe that the Burmese regime might use any
means to rig the referendum because the regime is fully aware of the
people's attitude in Zomi (Chin) state who are ready to reject the
constitution if the polling is free and fair.
Burma
Burma has been under military rule since Ne Win led army grabbed power in
1962.
Burma's 1974 constitution was scrapped after the military coup staged by
Saw
Maung in 1988.
The military regime held general elections in 1990 where Nobel Laureate
Aung
San Suu Kyi's party NLD (national League for Democracy) won a landslide
victory but the regime refused to honour the result.
The Burmese regime announced that multi-party elections will be held in
2010
after the constitution is approved in the referendum.
Yet, the critics said the new charter is designed to foster the role of
the
military in Burma's future politics and ban Aung San Suu Kyi from
contesting
the elections and hold the post of president because her husband was
British.
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