2016年10月17日 星期一

第一週 Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi will soon take her seat as Myanmar’s leader – by proxy


Htin Kyaw will most likely be a ceremonial president, with Aung San Suu Kyi pulling the strings. But the military will not make life easy for them


    Aung San Suu Kyi won a great victory in November last year when her party swept the board in the general election, but Myanmar politics still resembles a tug of war between democratic forces and the military. The generals accepted the result and made noises about cooperation, but in the months since they have given very little away. This is the harsh background to the decision this week to put forwardHtin Kyaw as the presidential candidate.
    
    He will be the surrogate for Aung San Suu Kyi because the military could not stand the loss of prestige involved in her becoming president. The vast majority of Myanmar’s people would have been in favour of discarding the clause, inserted into the constitution years ago specifically with her in mind, disqualifying a person with a spouse or children holding foreign citizenship from being president.

    The army could have demonstrated goodwill, but chose not to do so. The reasons for its obduracy are presumably that it saw a concession on this issue as a precedent for other compromises in the future which it would not wish to make. It may also have calculated that manoeuvring Aung San Suu Kyi into a position where she herself must act in an “unconstitutional” manner would weaken or discredit her. After all, the president in theMyanmar constitution is not supposed to play a secondary role to a political leader in the country’s lower house.
Structure of the Lead：
who-Aung San Suu Kyi and forwardHtin Kyaw 
what- This is the harsh background to the decision this week to put forwardHtin Kyaw as the presidential candidate.
when-2016/mar/11 that week
where-Myanmar
why- Aung San Suu Kyi won a great victory in November last year when her party swept the board in the general election.
HOW- not given
Keywords:
victory            勝利
presidential 總統的
harsh              苛刻
surrogate      代孕
discarding    丟棄






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  1. Unknown2016年11月12日 凌晨3:41

    Aung San Suu Ski is so encourage that I respect her a lot. She devoted almost her whole life to her motherland, although she was placed under house arrest for almost 15 years since she had begun her political career. She still didn't give up to demand for democracy. Her efforts and spirit were worthy of being admired. Maybe it is time for us to do something meaningful to our country.

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  2. 李玟逸2016年11月19日 清晨5:12

    Aung San Suu Ski is very brave. She did many things for democracy. Although she had been put under house arrest and she can't see her husband and her son for many years, she still didn't give up. And I think her spirit is obviously worth learning for everybody.

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