Invitation to protest against junta’s planned sham 2010

election

Dear All,Ruling junta of Burma is planning to go ahead unilaterally its planned sham electionin 2010. Even though, Aung San Suu Kyi and her party the National League forDemocracy (NLD), the unanimous victors of the 1990 election, clearly stated theirposition in

“Shwe

-Gone-

Daing”

declaration that need to place in order to havetrue national reconciliation in Burma-i.e.to1. Release all the political prisoners2. Review 2008 Constitution3. Allow to reopen NLD and ethnic nationalities offices4. Recognize 1990 election result5. Take place political dialogue

“If this country is to achieve genuine democracy, the result of the elections of 1990

must be recognized. This is something we cannot abandon. It will be to the detrimentof our country if after an election has been held the results are not honoured and we

do not resist attempts to trivialise it.”

Aung San Suu Kyi.

Burmese Democratic forces and ethnics organizationsinside and outside Burma aresaying decisively

“NO”

to junta’s planned 2010 election.

“A central issue is the results of the 1990 election in which NLD won landslide victory. We can’t throw away the results like a piece of paper or a leaf.”

U Win Tin

.This is our duty to show our support for people of Burma in

implementing “Shwe

-Gone-

Daing” Declaration and to show our solidarity with people of Burma fightingagainst junta’s planned sham 2010 election.

Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) together with Burmese democratic forces in UK and around the world will hold the demonstrations as part of the

“

Global ActionMonth

”

against junta’s

planned sham 2010 election.