Democratic Burmese Youths

Letter for Burmese Elected MPs to UN Secretary General

To:

Hon. Mr. Ban Ki-moon

Secretary-General

United Nations

From:

Members of Parliament-Elect, Myanmar/Burma

CC:

Mr. B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General, United Nations

Mr. Ibrahim Gambari, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secretary- General on Myanmar/Burma

Permanent Representatives to the United Nations of the five Permanent Members (China, Russia, France, United Kingdom and the United states) of the UN Security Council

U Aung Shwe, Chairman, National League for Democracy

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, General Secretary, National League for Democracy

U Aye Thar Aung, Secretary, Committee Representing the Peoples' Parliament (CRPP)

Veteran Politicians

The 88 Generation Students

Date: 1 August 2007

Re: National Reconciliation and Democratization in Myanmar/Burma

Dear Excellency,

We note that you have issued a statement on 18 July 2007, in which you urged the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) (the ruling military government of Myanmar/Burma) to "seize this opportunity to ensure that this and subsequent steps in Myanmar's political roadmap are as inclusive, participatory and transparent as possible, with a view to allowing all the relevant parties to Myanmar's national reconciliation process to fully contribute to defining their country's future."1

We thank you for your strong and personal involvement in Myanmar/Burma and we expect that your good offices mandate to facilitating national reconciliation in Myanmar/Burma would be successful. We, Members of Parliament elected by the people of Myanmar/Burma in the 1990 general elections, also would like to assure you that we will fully cooperate with your good offices and the United Nations in our effort to solve problems in Myanmar/Burma peacefully through a meaningful, inclusive and transparent dialogue.

When we all are relentlessly working for political dialogue, we would like to declare clearly that we will not accept any solution made by one-sided action of the SPDC with use of force, threat, pressure and manipulation. As you are aware, the SPDC has been embarking on the path to legalize its military rule with a new constitution through the seven-step road map, in which the national convention with its selected delegates is the first step.

The peoples' representatives are not allowed to participate in this constitution drafting process. All delegates are forced to agree on the SPDC's pre-written chapters and basic principles, which grant the military's Commander-in-Chief the supreme power. General populations are threatened not to raise their voice about the future of their country withthe SPDC's decree No. 5/96, which is designed to punish lengthy imprisonment to those who dare to criticize the national convention.

If the SPDC continues to implement its seven-step road map without cooperating with the peoples' representatives and without listening to the real desire of the people of Myanmar /Burma and repeated requests from the international community, including your good-self, the SPDC's orchestrated constitution would be surely challenged by the people of Myanmar/Burma, including ethnic nationalities. We will be joining with them to oppose this sham-constitution and leading to educate and organize the people of Myanmar / Burma to vote against it in the referendum. We promise to the people of Myanmar/Burma who voted us that we will not let them down.

Before we reach to that boiling point, we hope that the United Nations and your good offices might play important role to avoid the upcoming national crisis inMyanmar/Burma. We want to propose the followings to modify the current seven-step road map, with the help of your mediation.

(1) The SPDC should finish the national convention as soon as possible. Outcome from the national convention should be regarded as proposals made by the SPDC and national convention delegates to consider in drawing a state constitution.

(2) The step two of the road map should be modified as a meaningful political dialogue between the SPDC and the elected representatives from the NLD and ethnic political parties. In the dialogue, various national issues and procedures and time frame to implement the rest of the road map, as well as the role of elected representatives from the 1990 elections during the transitional period should be discussed and agreed.

(3) In step three, constitution drafting committee should be formed with equal number of representatives from the SPDC, the NLD and representatives from ethnic political parties and cease-fire groups. Constitution should be drafted based on the outcome from the national convention and suggestions from the other groups. Draft constitution should be presented to the people of Myanmar/Burma for their understanding, discussion and input, which should be incorporated into the final draft constitution.

(4) Step four should be convening the Parliament meeting with MPs-elect from the 1990 elections to approve the final draft Constitution.

(5) Holding of free and fair elections according to the new constitution should be step five.

(6) Step six should be convening the new Parliament, elected from the elections according to the new constitution and forming the new government, which is to assume the executive power immediately.

(7) Step seven should be abolishing of the SPDC and its associated organs and activating of all administrative, legislative and judiciary bodies at every administrative levels according to new constitution.

Dear Excellency,

We sincerely believe that you will increase your effort to help realizing of national reconciliation and democratization in Myanmar/Burma by presenting the proposals mentioned above to the international community, which you are now trying get consensus on the situation in our country. We also hope that you will be able to convince the SPDC to modify the current seven- step road map to become an internationally acceptable process, as suggested above, and work together with the elected representatives from the NLD and ethnic political parties to achieve sustainable national reconciliation and democratization in foreseeable future.

Please note that the SPDC will be sole responsible for the upcoming and avoidable national crisis if it continues to ignore the real desire of the people of Myanmar/Burma and good will of the international community.

Best regards,

Members of Parliament-Elect

(Please see the attached list of signatories)

Myanmar/Burma

Contact Person:

U Pu Chin Sian Thang

Chairman, Zomi National Congress

MP, Tiddim-2 Constituency, Chin State

Member, Committee Representing the Peoples' Parliament (CRPP)

Member, United Nationalities Alliance (UNA)

No. 34, 1st Floor, 52nd Street, Botataung Township,

Yangon, Myanmar, (Tel) 293 585

Email: znc1989@gmail.com