Struggle for democracy in myanmar

Non-Democratic Countries
Myanmar

What is democracy ?
• Democracy is a form of government in
which all eligible citizens participate
equally—either directly or indirectly
through elected representatives—in the
proposal, development, and creation
of laws.
• It encompasses social, religious,
cultural, ethnic and racial equality,
justice, liberty and fraternity.

What is non-democracy?
• The term non-democratic refers to
forms of government, or proposed
implementations of such, which are
diametrically opposed to democracy.
• "Non-democratic" may refer to:
• Authoritarianism
• Democratic deficit
• Fascism
• Monarchy
• Political repression
• Totalitarianism

List of non-democratic countries
• Myanmar
• Saudi Arabia
• Kuwait
• Jordon
• Morocco
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• United Arab Emirates
• Oman

Myanmar
• Myanmar officially the Republic of the
Union of Myanmar, is a sovereign
state in Southeast Asia bordered
by Bangladesh, India, China, Laos .
• One third of Burma's total perimeter of
1,930 kilometres (1,200 miles) forms an
uninterrupted coastline along the Bay of
Bengal and the Andaman Sea.

Why it is non-democratic?
• The people of Myanmar elected Aung San
Suu Kyi. But the military leaders of
Myanmar refused to step down and did not
accept the election's results.
• Besides, the military put the elected pro-democracy
leaders , including Aung San
Suu
Kyi,under house arrest . Aung San Suu Kyi
continued her struggle for democracy .

•Her struggle has won international
fame . She has also been awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize.Although the people
of Myanmar are still struggling to bring
a democratic government in their
country.

Main complaints and demands of
the people
• In Myanmar as the military junta has
cracked down on a lot of human rights
and freedoms, so they cannot
congregate, protest the government and
travel both within the country and
outside the country is very restricted.
• In Myanmar, the people have no security
of life.

•People are not free to express their
opinions. Criticizing the government or
rulers in Myanmar would lead to severe
punishments.
•There is no freedom for the people
either to elect their government or to
be elected.
• Even if they find any government or
ruler not to their benefit or well-being,
they can not change it since there is no
election.

Struggle of a brave woman
•Aung San Suu Kyi AC is a Burmese
opposition politician and chairperson
of the National League for
Democracy (NLD) in Burma.

•In the 1990 general election, the NLD
won 59% of the national votes and 81%
(392 of 485) of the seats .
•She had, however, already been
detained under house arrest before
the elections.
• She remained under house arrest in
Burma for almost 15 of the 21 years
from 20 July 1989 until her most
recent release on 13 November 2010,
becoming one of the world's most
prominent political prisoners.

Suuki’ s struggles for the nation
• Aung San Suu ki joined the struggle as
she felt she could not stay away from
this struggle for democracy. In a
speech, she said, “I could not, as my
father’s daughter remain indifferent
to all that was going on.”
• In September, 1988, National League
for Democracy was formed with Aung
San Suu Kyi as it’s General Secretary.

•She was influenced by the philosophy
of non-violence – advocated by Mahatma
Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. – and
some Buddhist concepts. She was put
under house arrest on 20 July, 1989.
•She was offered freedom if she agreed
to leave the country, but she refused.
•In 1990, her party won the general
elections with a comfortable majority,
despite the fact that she was under
house arrest and had not contested the
elections.

Group Members
• S. Arvinth Suriyan
(Group leader)
•S. Ajay
• S. Ashwin Arunachalam
• K.G.Arvind

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