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Aung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar democracy icon, an exemplification of the power of the powerless!
Myanmar has been on the boil since February 1 2021, when the army arrested Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders of the National League for Democracy and took over the reins of government. The international community condemned the coup and asked for immediate restoration of democracy. So far the army has refused to relent and continues to keep a tight grip on the country.
Suu Kyi is seen as the beacon for human rights - a principled activist who gave up her freedom to challenge the ruthless army generals who ruled Myanmar for decades.
She admired Mahatma Gandhi's use of nonviolence. She was also inspired by Buddhism. Aung San Suu Kyi worked for democracy and helped make the National League for Democracy on September 27th 1988.
Because Suu Kyi was fighting against the government, she was asked to leave the country, but she did not.
She organised rallies and travelled around the country, calling for peaceful democratic reform and free elections.
Suu Kyi, whose pro-democracy efforts won her the Nobel Peace Prize, and her allies have played important roles in the past, even when sidelined or jailed by the generals. The 76-year-old was convicted on charges of incitement and violating coronavirus restrictions and sentenced to four years in prison, though that was almost immediately reduced to two. She faces other charges that could see her imprisoned for life.
But the younger generation may be better placed to carry the mantle anyway.
Unlike their elders, younger people in Myanmar, especially those in the cities, have spent most of their lives without having to worry about being imprisoned for speaking their minds. They have had access to mobile phones and Facebook and grew up believing the country was moving toward greater, not less democracy.
More power to Aung San Suu Kyi and her efforts towards the establishment of democracy in Myanmar.
-SWAPNIL SHUKLA
(Associate Editor)
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