Suu Kyi release all part of junta’s plan
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BANGKOK — She remains the biggest threat to military rule in Myanmar, so if Aung San Suu Kyi walks free it will be because the first election in 20 years has gone according to the generals’ script, analysts say.
While the final decision lies with junta chief Than Shwe, officials say preparations are under way for the expected release of the detained democracy icon, who has been locked up for most of the past two decades.
Her freedom may be a price the regime is willing to pay to deflect criticism about the poll, widely condemned in the West and seen as a charade to create a facade of democracy after almost five decades of military dictatorship.
“It shows the Burmese (Myanmar) military government is very confident about the state of things, otherwise they wouldn’t release her,” said Thailand-based analyst Aung Naing Oo..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101112com3.html
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