CNI News
6 Dec 2022
If the ASEAN special envoy is allowed to meet with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, negotiations between the junta and the ousted leader are likely to take place, Political Observer U Ye Tun told the CNI.
The current political crisis can only be resolved through negotiations with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the National League for Democracy had announced, he added.
U Ye Tun told the CNI, "The focal point of the international community, especially the ASEAN, and political observers is Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. They will hold negotiation with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and if she and the NLD agree to contest the 2023 general election, I think the NLD will win the elections and the NUG and the PDF will wither away. The NLD has aready announced that they will accept the decision of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and negotiation with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is essential. So, I think negotiations with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi matter."
Snr Gen Min Aung Hlaing meets ASEAN Envoy Prak Sokhonn.
Whether negotiations between the SAC and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will take place or not depends on the support of the ASEAN, Chairman Dr. Aye Maung of the Arakan Front Party told the CNI.
He told the CNI, "Maj-Gen Zaw Min Tun said that nothing is impossible in politics. Under the current circumstances, the SAC will think about the potential benefits from negotiations with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. We will have to think about what Daw Aung San Suu Kyi can do for them. She may be able to mediate between the SAC and the NUG. How shall we overcome the current political crisis? Whether negotiations between her and the SAC will take place depends on the support of the ASEAN and how the SAC views the current crisis. I think the SAC seems to be prepared."
ASEAN Special Envoy Prat Sokhonn has called on the SAC to allow him to meet with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the SAC has promised him to do so on his next visit.
Meanwhile, some observers in the political circle viewed that if negotiations between the special envoy and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi were successful, the conducive environment for dialogue would emerge.
Demonstrations supporting Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. (GETTY IMAGES)
It is impossible for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to hold negotiations with SAC without consulting with the NUG, Political Observer U Than Soe Naing told the CNI.
He told the CNI, "I don't think there will be any dialogue. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi would not hold any negotiations with the SAC without consulting with the CRPH and the NUG."
Since the military staged a coup on 1st February, 2021, protests and armed conflicts have broken out in the entire country.
Since then, Myanmar has faced crises in various fronts including the political, economic, social, health and educational fields.
