Why Aung San Suu Kyi isn’t protecting the Rohingya in Burma


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Rohingya crisis is a complex issue. Here is one of the perspectives.

Suu Kyi may also believe that her ability to stop the brutal military campaign in Rakhine state is limited. Although she is the de facto head of government, the top general, Min Aung Hlaing, maintains a great degree of power. Burma’s constitution gives the armed forces control over the military budget and over ministries related to security issues; they are also allotted 25 percent of seats in parliament. Perhaps the army will have less power at some point in the future, after a period of civilian rule and a change in the constitution to reduce its role in politics. But until then, Suu Kyi may judge it impractical to waste political capital challenging the military on an issue many people in her party do not care about.

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Joshua Kurlantzick — The Washington Post

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3 thoughts on “Why Aung San Suu Kyi isn’t protecting the Rohingya in Burma

  1. Buddhism was my last hope when speaking of religions. Now also this proves to come out as a bloody dangerous nationalistic ideology here in Myanmar. A miserable pity for the Rohingya people!

  2. true. but being such an eminent leader.. Nobel laureate.. we never expect this.. moreover it is almost felt that even she has a grudge upon poor rohingya..

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