Friday, 6 November 2015

Agreed by both

Those from Western countries have been encouraged by the media to think that ‘The Lady’ is a good person because she leads the democratic party in Myanmar. However, the guide was a supporter of the ruling military government. She made the valid point that things are improving and she wanted the government to have the chance to complete their plan.  She then tried to explain that ‘the Lady’ could never be President because of Clause 59f of the constitution. This says that anyone married to a foreigner or with foreign children cannot be President – both of these are true of ‘the Lady’. A brave soul asked if this clause had been included specifically to exclude her but this was vehemently denied. There was then a ramble about how ‘the Lady’ is supporting the Muslim minority, who the guide seemed to think were bad people, and is simultaneously refusing to say what she thinks about the Muslim minority. The guests on the bus didn’t engage with any of this and probably no opinions were altered much.

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