CRUEL INTENTIONS

The death toll after Cyclone Nargis continue to rise as the Burmese government is still trying to prevent foreign aid workers to enter the country.

The official death numbers from the regime is according to the BBC 34,273, but foreign aid workers believe the numbers are much higher, and there is really no more time to lose.

 

Khin Maung Win, Deputy Executive Director Democratic Voice of Burma, explain that the Junta is trying to keep foreign aid workers away until the regime has completed its referendum on constitutional change on the 24 of March.

 

He says:  “The regime for sure will approve this constitution at whatever cost, but the cost is being paid by millions of victims. Again the plan to hold referendum in divested areas in 2 week time confirms how the regime underestimates the disaster and ignorance of suffering of 2 million people.”

 

It is hard to imagine this level of cynicism which is beyond cruel, even for a notorious dictatorship. The worst part is that although the West and George Bush has criticised the Burmese dictatorship and called it isolated or callous”, no one is willing to pressurise those in support of this cruel dictatorship.

 

Bush also said to CBS radio: “There’s no telling how many people have lost their lives as a result of the slow response.”

 

Khin Maung Win says: “Junta will play this game as long as there is a split within international community in response to its game. Unconditional backing from China, Russia and some Security Council members encourages the regime to prolong the game.”