DLF condemns oppression of people’s rights in Myanmar

COLOMBO: The Democratic Left Front (DLF) in a statement yesterday condemned the oppression of the people’s democratic movement in Myanmar by the present military regime.

The statement signed by DLF Leader Vasudeva Nanayakkara said the military regime which grabbed power by toppling Democratic National League Leader Aun Sang Suki who was elected by the people at the 1990 election and imprisoning her had been able to continue its oppression due to the indirect support received from the USA and Russia and China who had designs about Myanmar’s oil, gas and other natural resources.

The present people’s agitation which started with the sudden three fold increase in fuel prices has now transformed into a mass campaign supported by Maha Sangha to oust the military junta.

It is also common knowledge that the Imperialist powers were now supporting the mass movement surreptitiously due to the military junta’s leaning towards China.

However world history proved that the break up of the Myanmar military dictatorship and victory of the democratic freedom movement would be a certainty in the near future.