It is very important to have the functioning parliament in Burma which is an essential part of flourishing democracy. Burma needs to address land and property rights and government must return all confiscated lands to rightful owners.
Corruption is endemic in Burma and posing one of the most serious challenges to the reform process, democratization, and economic liberalization. Transparency and accountability in matters of public finance must also be promoted and limit the effects of Dutch Disease.
The Police Force must be reformed so as to effectively exercise safeguarding rule of law. Respecting rule of law must be fundamental of all reforms and all oppressive laws must be replaced with democratic laws. Judiciary must be independent to strengthen the rule of law.
About 90% of the Burmese people follow Theravada Buddhism. With the arrival of Buddhism, Burma underwent major changes in various phases of her life especially in language, culture, art, literature, and civilisation. Buddhism has played an important role in unifying the people of Burma that ultimately brought the racial groups into one united whole under one religious banner.
Buddhist monks' rights to vote are ignored in junta’s 2008 constitution but Buddhist monks should have the voting rights in Burma. Burmese culture, a sense of deep history and a largely inward-looking national perspective, can be indirectly contributed for the growth of Burma's economy if not directly.
To sustain national security, particular attention must be given to the Arakan State which shares border with Bangladesh. Burmese see anyone calling for to amend Burmese Citizenship Law as the act of infringing Burma’s sovereignty.
International community should increase more direct engagement with the Burmese government, as well as broader societal groups, to improve the practical framework for human rights protection, poverty alleviation and working to achieve sustainable development but pressure must be kept to end all human rights abuses and permit democracy as well as to offset China’s influence over Burma.
The principled engagement combines pressure for reform with positive support, typically through a mix of advocacy, technical cooperation and financial support, as well as programs aimed at empowering local agents of change. For successful re-engagement, Burma needs to implement comprehensive economic and political reforms that are characterized by human-centred, rights respecting, sustainable, inclusive, and balanced economic growth.
Sanctions inevitably infringe Burmese people right to development due to the spillover effect and reputation risk.
Democratization: to make countries or organizations use democratic ways of making decisions.
Good Governance: There is no single and exhaustive definition of “good governance,” nor is there a delimitation of its scope, that commands universal acceptance. Good governance has been said at various times to encompass: full respect of human rights, the rule of law, effective participation, multi-actor partnerships, political pluralism, transparent and accountable processes and institutions, an efficient and effective public sector, legitimacy, access to knowledge, information and education, political empowerment of people, equity, sustainability, and attitudes and values that foster responsibility, solidarity and tolerance. The key attributes of good governance: transparency, responsibility, accountability, participation and responsiveness (to the needs of the people).
We are going to study BURMA as a case study the effects of Democratization, Bad Governance, Dictatorship, Democratization and Indicators of Good Governance.
Here I bring to you the presentation of civics chapter-1 class-9
in this you can show the ppt to the teacher or else you can make the notes of this . Thank you and pls download, comment and like
Good Governance Leads To Flourish Society & Nation (BS SAP)Neil Mathew
Our 10th Semester BS SAP (Behavioural Science - Social Awareness Program). This included a presentation, a hand-made poster, a survey and a short video.
Last night I dreamt that I had become the President of the United States of Africa. I beat my opponents by 90 percent. Our Slogan was: Liberate ‘Africans’, and Our Message: ‘Enough is Enough, We Need Press Freedom’. I did not need the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone presided over by the Chief Justice Hawa Umu Tejan Jalloh to make me President.
Democratization: to make countries or organizations use democratic ways of making decisions.
Good Governance: There is no single and exhaustive definition of “good governance,” nor is there a delimitation of its scope, that commands universal acceptance. Good governance has been said at various times to encompass: full respect of human rights, the rule of law, effective participation, multi-actor partnerships, political pluralism, transparent and accountable processes and institutions, an efficient and effective public sector, legitimacy, access to knowledge, information and education, political empowerment of people, equity, sustainability, and attitudes and values that foster responsibility, solidarity and tolerance. The key attributes of good governance: transparency, responsibility, accountability, participation and responsiveness (to the needs of the people).
We are going to study BURMA as a case study the effects of Democratization, Bad Governance, Dictatorship, Democratization and Indicators of Good Governance.
Here I bring to you the presentation of civics chapter-1 class-9
in this you can show the ppt to the teacher or else you can make the notes of this . Thank you and pls download, comment and like
Good Governance Leads To Flourish Society & Nation (BS SAP)Neil Mathew
Our 10th Semester BS SAP (Behavioural Science - Social Awareness Program). This included a presentation, a hand-made poster, a survey and a short video.
Last night I dreamt that I had become the President of the United States of Africa. I beat my opponents by 90 percent. Our Slogan was: Liberate ‘Africans’, and Our Message: ‘Enough is Enough, We Need Press Freedom’. I did not need the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone presided over by the Chief Justice Hawa Umu Tejan Jalloh to make me President.
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE
SENATE TO JOIN THE COMMUNITY OF
NATIONS AND PARLIAMENTS AROUND THE
WORLD IN COMMEMORATING THE 20
th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL
DECLARATION ON DEMOCRACY
Democracy , the Government of the people,by the people,for the peopleSabiha Afrin
The purpose of the government is to make the United States a better place for those who live here. Because democratic governments exist by the people, all genuine democracies have free, fair, and competitive elections.
People’s Participation in the Administrative Processinventionjournals
In the broader field of Public administration, one of the integral elements of public accountability and control is the concept of people`s participation. According to available literature, the concept of people`s participation means participation of people in the process government and administration. It implies citizens’ control over administration or public influence on public administration. It is essential for the smooth and effective performance of the administrative machinery of the country. What this means is that people`s participation makes the public administration responsive to the needs and wants of the people. It secures public support to the government policies and programmes and makes them a success. The concept of people`s participation which constitutes an important means of enforcing administrative accountability is the subject of this article.
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE
SENATE TO JOIN THE COMMUNITY OF
NATIONS AND PARLIAMENTS AROUND THE
WORLD IN COMMEMORATING THE 20
th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL
DECLARATION ON DEMOCRACY
Democracy , the Government of the people,by the people,for the peopleSabiha Afrin
The purpose of the government is to make the United States a better place for those who live here. Because democratic governments exist by the people, all genuine democracies have free, fair, and competitive elections.
People’s Participation in the Administrative Processinventionjournals
In the broader field of Public administration, one of the integral elements of public accountability and control is the concept of people`s participation. According to available literature, the concept of people`s participation means participation of people in the process government and administration. It implies citizens’ control over administration or public influence on public administration. It is essential for the smooth and effective performance of the administrative machinery of the country. What this means is that people`s participation makes the public administration responsive to the needs and wants of the people. It secures public support to the government policies and programmes and makes them a success. The concept of people`s participation which constitutes an important means of enforcing administrative accountability is the subject of this article.
In Governance, accountability is answerability, blameworthiness, liability, and the expectation of account-giving. In term of governance, it has been fundamental to negotiations associated to difficulties in the public sector, nonprofit and private worlds. In leadership roles, accountability is the acknowledgment and assumption of responsibility for actions, products, judgments, and policies including the administration, governance, and application within the scope of the role or employment locus and on all sides of the obligation to report, explain and be answerable for resulting consequences which is the most important for efficiency of system. The classification of public accountability is generally understood in terms of external and internal mechanisms. The most crucial distinctive that we are about to analyze in administrative accountability is the doctrine of ministerial responsibility in Malaysia.
The Philosophy of Democracy Dividend Delivery: A Push for Government Revenue ...inventionjournals
Democracy more than any other form of government remains the most attractive option or phenomenon for the realization of the yearnings of the citizenry through what is commonly referred to as dividends of democracy. Since the return to democratic rule in 1999, Nigeria has continued to struggle with the delivery of democracy dividends; that is, social infrastructure, security, justice, equity, equal access to resources and power. The main impediments in the struggle being the twin diseases of corruption and insecurity. It is in this direction that this paper seeks to highlight the philosophy of democracy dividends delivery which is a driving force for government to generate revenue in order to enable her deliver the dividends. The methodology used for the study is the eclectic desk research approach. The paper concludes that democratic governments need to judiciously and prudently use the resources at their disposal to improve the quality of life of the citizens. In the same vein, fairness and accountability must be imbibed in order to usher in good and effective democratic governance. The study recommends among other recommendations that government should invest more in security than before in order to avert the boko haram scourge and other insecurity challenges.
The Philosophy of Democracy Dividend Delivery: A Push for Government Revenue ...inventionjournals
Democracy more than any other form of government remains the most attractive option or phenomenon for the realization of the yearnings of the citizenry through what is commonly referred to as dividends of democracy. Since the return to democratic rule in 1999, Nigeria has continued to struggle with the delivery of democracy dividends; that is, social infrastructure, security, justice, equity, equal access to resources and power. The main impediments in the struggle being the twin diseases of corruption and insecurity. It is in this direction that this paper seeks to highlight the philosophy of democracy dividends delivery which is a driving force for government to generate revenue in order to enable her deliver the dividends. The methodology used for the study is the eclectic desk research approach. The paper concludes that democratic governments need to judiciously and prudently use the resources at their disposal to improve the quality of life of the citizens. In the same vein, fairness and accountability must be imbibed in order to usher in good and effective democratic governance. The study recommends among other recommendations that government should invest more in security than before in order to avert the boko haram scourge and other insecurity challenges.
This paper presents an empirical justification of participation of common people in different factors of administration through the policy of decentralization. The background structure of the paper mainly based on the developing country oriented social structure. Through this paper, we can also understand the heterogeneity in the administrative structure. Under this differentiate structure this paper tries to understand the extent of participation of the common people in the administrative decision. In the conclusion part, here in this paper, we try to define the term “Citizen Participation” through the idea of redistribution of administrative power among the civic society for getting an affluent society.
Burma (Myanmar): Since the beginning, it is wrong to have active-duty soldiers occupied quarter of the seats in the parliament directly appointed by military commander-in-chief.
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC)
27 November 2014
Self-identification Clarification
Recently, we have seen some lobbyists are saying self-identification is the human right when they are lobbying for Bengali (so-called Rohingya) when Burmese government is conducting census or when Burmese are refusing to recognize the term using so-called Rohingya.
We would like to highlight that these lobbyists have omitted important fact of information.
Self-identification can be done if group of people are the indigenous to the land but not immigrant or migrant since they have their own ancestral roots of ethnic identity.
Definition of the indigenous means originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.
Immigrants or migrant who are not native to Arakan cannot do self-identification since they belong to their ancestral root ethnic background.
For example, in USA any Spanish or Spanish speaking background people are called Hispanics by US government and sometimes US government is referring them with their countries of origin such as Cuban-Hispanic, Mexican-Hispanic or Colombian-Hispanic.
If international community including USA keep on offending Burmese by using the term so-called Rohingya referring to Bengali which Burmese don't agree might push Burmese closer towards China.
[Burma Democratic Concern (BDC)]
18 November 2014
• Burma has the population of 60 millions mainly Buddhists. Burma shares border with China, India, Bangladesh, Laos and Thailand.
• Human beings live in the world but they have the different religions, faiths, perceptions, beliefs, traditions, customs and languages. We are part of the family of humans but all humans are not Burmese.
• Neither the U.N. nor any country's government has the right to impose laws or regulations on us. Our entire Constitution describes how to function as one nation.
• For example, private property has boundaries called property lines. The property owner is responsible for everything within those lines. No unauthorized persons have the right to cross over those lines. Likewise, no unauthorized persons have the right to enter our country. We have a responsibility to limit how many people may enter. We have the responsibility to determine whether or not they will be an asset to our nation.
• If I, as a property owner, protect animals on my property, I will prevent a hunter from trespassing and hunting them. It's the same situation with our country's immigration laws. If my personal property is so large that I can't protect it from unwanted people or animals from coming in, then I fence it off.
• Burma is facing illegal immigrants intruding from Bangladesh for decades. These illegal Bengalis from Bangladesh created fake ethnic name called (so-called Rohingya) unlawfully claiming part of Burma as theirs, committing crimes against humanity and massacring on local indigenous Arakanese of Burma because we can’t control the border securely in the past.
• Tackling corruption of immigration officials, proper and effective patrolling of borders and erecting a barrier along with Bangladesh is recommended. The defence of our citizens is the very first obligation of our government. It must be done at any cost. So, I personally support that there should be the borders between nations and I strongly believe in national sovereignty.
Burma democratic concern (bdc) new year resolution for 2015
1. Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) New Year Resolution For 2015
02.01.2015
After unilaterally held rigged election in 2010, U Thein Sein's regime come into power,
unprecedented measures were taken including releasing political prisoners and giving some
freedom. After 2011, National League for Democracy (NLD) contested by-elections and Daw
Aung San Suu Kyi entered the parliament. Burma is now believed to be transition from
Dictatorship to Democracy and Development.
But, Burma is still not very much changed. Inflation, unemployment, shortage of electricity,
many decades old infrastructures, deforestation, environmental problems, corruption, civil
war, and conflicts are major challenges still pending to be addressed.
Three institutions must be reformed to promote good governance: the state, the private
sector and civil society so as to have accountability, transparency, respecting rule of law,
responsive, equitable and inclusive, effective and efficient, and participatory. The way that
Burmese government operates and delivers services to the citizens must be reformed.
The Burmese military must accept the authority of civilian governments and must retreat
from economic and politics. Old dictatorial practices of directly appointing active-duty
military officers or retired military officers in governmental departments must be stopped.
The military-business nexus such as the Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC) and the
Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited (UMEHL) or their sub-entities must be
transferred back to civilian control. Burmese military must be reformed to uphold
international human rights and humanitarian law so as to evolve into a respected and a non-
political institution.
A country cannot be truly democratic until its citizens have the opportunity to choose their
representatives through elections that are free and fair. Free and fair elections play a critical
role by advancing democratization and encouraging political liberalization. Critical
development efforts cannot succeed without a legitimate and democratically elected
government that is responsive and accountable to its citizens. Elections provide an
important opportunity to encourage political liberalization.
For an election to be free and fair, certain civil liberties, such as the freedoms of speech,
association and assembly, are required. Electoral processes offer political parties and civic
groups an opportunity to mobilize and organize supporters and share alternative platforms
with the public. Elections also serve to encourage political debate and public dialogue.
Fundamental electoral rights cannot be divorced from election processes, procedures and
institutions. Election monitoring can improve the quality of elections.
2. Burma: Dictatorship to Democracy and Development
2
It is very important to have the functioning parliament in Burma which is an essential part of
flourishing democracy. Burma needs to address land and property rights and government
must return all confiscated lands to rightful owners.
Corruption is endemic in Burma and posing one of the most serious challenges to the reform
process, democratization, and economic liberalization. Transparency and accountability in
matters of public finance must also be promoted and limit the effects of Dutch Disease.
The Police Force must be reformed so as to effectively exercise safeguarding rule of law.
Respecting rule of law must be fundamental of all reforms and all oppressive laws must be
replaced with democratic laws. Judiciary must be independent to strengthen the rule of law.
About 90% of the Burmese people follow Theravada Buddhism. With the arrival of
Buddhism, Burma underwent major changes in various phases of her life especially in
language, culture, art, literature, and civilisation. Buddhism has played an important role in
unifying the people of Burma that ultimately brought the racial groups into one united
whole under one religious banner.
Buddhist monks' rights to vote are ignored in junta’s 2008 constitution but Buddhist monks
should have the voting rights in Burma. Burmese culture, a sense of deep history and a
largely inward-looking national perspective, can be indirectly contributed for the growth of
Burma's economy if not directly.
To sustain national security, particular attention must be given to the Arakan State which
shares border with Bangladesh. Burmese see anyone calling for to amend Burmese
Citizenship Law as the act of infringing Burma’s sovereignty.
International community should increase more direct engagement with the Burmese
government, as well as broader societal groups, to improve the practical framework for
human rights protection, poverty alleviation and working to achieve sustainable
development but pressure must be kept to end all human rights abuses and permit
democracy as well as to offset China’s influence over Burma.
The principled engagement combines pressure for reform with positive support, typically
through a mix of advocacy, technical cooperation and financial support, as well as programs
aimed at empowering local agents of change. For successful re-engagement, Burma needs
to implement comprehensive economic and political reforms that are characterized by
human-centred, rights respecting, sustainable, inclusive, and balanced economic growth.
Sanctions inevitably infringe Burmese people right to development due to the spillover
effect and reputation risk.
3. Burma: Dictatorship to Democracy and Development
3
Development is the Human Rights and belongs to everyone. In 1986, the United Nations
General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Right to Development which defines right
to development as economic, social, cultural and political development.
Effective and long-term human rights protection in Burma can be achieved through by
establishing democracy and the rule of law. Democracy is necessary to ensure efficiency,
transparency and accountability of government. In turn, the establishment and
maintenance of democracy and the rule of law depend on flourishing civil societies.
The protection of human rights depends on establishing democracy and respecting rule of
law, and they are in turn depends on an active civil society. Supporting to flourish civil
societies is essential for an effective and long-term protection of human rights.
The UN Declaration on Human Rights in 1998 affirms the right of everyone to work for the
protection of human rights. Defending the defenders is something everyone can participate.
Women participation in every aspect of daily lives should be promoted. Political change is
important to economic reform and banking reform is central to Burma’s economic progress.
Burma needs developing effective formulas for ethnic equality. There are more than 135
different ethnic groups in Burma and the seven ethnic states make up approximately 60
percent of the national territory. Government must protect and promote ethnic rights such
as language, culture and environment.
In order to achieve national reconciliation in Burma, peace between the Government and
ethnic minorities is essential. Citizens and CSOs participation play vital role to make, to build
and to safeguard peace realities in Burma. Burma needs genuine political wills on all sides so
as to achieve genuine peace while cultivate nurturing pragmatic leadership, dialogue
culture, and tolerance towards differences.
If Burma can foster policies to human capital investment and then it can support economic
growth strategies which can create national wealth.
Everyone participation is essential so as to work achieving structural changes from the
bottom up while the pragmatic leaders must work pushing reform from the top down.
In conclusion, it could be true to articulate that the relationships between democratisation,
development and poverty reduction in Burma are interrelated and interdependent each
other which require concerted effort of everyone.