Sovereignty and internal affairs

Maha Min Khant

RB Analysis

April 16, 2013

There are more than ‘190’ countries with their own integrity and sovereignty, and it is most probably guessed that there will be emerging more small countries as the independent states with their own sovereign nations in coming days. 

Of them, many are nowadays become the United Nations member countries as a ‘one family of the universe’ to meet and help together the serious necessities of the human being and cooperate in need of dire assistance for welfare of the people of the member nations residing in this cosmos. In the fields such as – fighting poverty, promotion of health & education, hygienic environment, propping up in finance & tumbling unemployment, feeding starvation and providing food and foodstuff, portion of numerous natural disasters & preventing breaking out of recurring contagious diseases, HIV, AIDS, tuberculosis and so on.. 

Since the birth of the United Nations after the Second World War, to help solve unanimously the multi necessities of the human being and outstanding problems of the world among nations, every single nation which is integrated from each corner of the world as a responsible member nation of the Organization (UN)—had have signed the United Charter to abide the signed rules & principles and cooperate, in which Burma (Myanmar) is a signatory member of the world body, the United Nations, and Myanmar has been an obligatory state to stand for and carry out the requirement of the nation and that of the general public. 

As far as I have knowledge, Myanmar has agreed to abide many clauses in that Charter— to highlight very few particularly such as -- protection and safe guarding of minority people’ lives, properties, religions and that of the buildings-- and the fulfilling of the basic rights of the minorities such as freedom of expression, employment, education, free movement, marriages, association of assembly and so on. 

In reality, Myanmar had been the most turmoil country on this earth since it got the independence in 1948 from British—based on mostly not sharing the equal rights to minority, so called indigenous people, in accord with the “Pan long agreement”, which was collectively signed and pledged by Bogyoke Aung San, to enjoy all due rights, together with all concerned parties, before having independence from the Great Britain. 

Bamar people, having with the most hegemonies tendency against minorities, who are majority of the nation—started struggling for power to grip after 1958 between Bamar itself— which creating some moderate Bamar people as Communists, leading by Thakin Than Tun, who made station central Burma, from one hand – and from the other hand, minority people such as Kachin, Kayah, Shan, Mon, Rakhine, Chin and Rohingya (Rovinga) -- all become open armed human rights activists against the central government, Ne Win’s regime. 

Though the then mulish respective governments from Ne Win then Saw Maung to Than Shwe-- who all had successfully ruled with iron hands the state until 2010, used the term ‘insurgents’ on minorities people all along more than fifty years —in contrast they (indigenous people) simply believe and decided to struggle with arms against the central government with the aims of sort of that kind that they should stand with arms for the due rights in regard their own existence with the help of local people and international community. 

Seeing and realizing the regional and international community that the oppressive and chaotic dominated ruling of the past Burmese governments on minorities--Burma has been principally isolated from the regional, neighboring and international community—and that ‘dodge’ Burma itself chose happily to strip off the minorities people’ due rights in huge ignorance in their regions one after another—as more the then respective governments have been fascinating the opportunity of the ‘international isolationism’ against Myanmar to crush the minorities including the most persecuted Rohingya people disrespecting the United Nations charter and ASEAN charter in which Myanmar has been signatory since 1948 and the year 2007. 

The respective Myanmar governments never respects the principles of UN and ASEAN charter instead they have been with a ‘pride maneuver’ to exercise the relevant affairs with their own under the term of “Sovereignty and internal affairs”. Though every regional and international Charter has carefully decipher the words that – one should not interfere the internal affairs of the others—there have been coordinating works to settle the outstanding problems by the mediations of regional and international dignitaries by one way or another due to the international issues. 

President Thein Sein, who has been known as a reformist in abroad after releasing Daw Aung San Su Kyi, has formed first investigating commission in regards Rakhine state affairs in May of 2012—since that time to as toady he has shifted for five times the report of investigation committee’s facts finding to bringing to his table. 

International community has interestingly concentrated their mind to the result of said committee in which some members are themselves involved in the pogrom in accord to their interviews on RFA, VOA, DVB radios and some videos of broadcasting services plus internal journals which were issued as incitement in the past. 

The word “sovereignty and internal affairs” has been greatly used by every concerned minister and political leaders in this affair whenever the last 2012 Rohingya massacre issue was raised and questioned by international media, diplomats and world communities. 

The more procrastinating the report of Rakhine state issue reaching to president office, the more complex and not viable solution will fade away the good result of the reality from the ground—all internal and international concerned parties strongly believed -- the way the investigating committee (25) members have been manipulating are none other than trying to favor the Rakhine extremists leaders or trying to hide the reality and the secret plan of the government which itself wants to drive out Rohingya from the land — and surely it will apply and accomplish the word “sovereignty, internal affairs and non interference in internal affairs of others” terminology at the time the international community will intervene the “coming concocted result” of the violence which was intentionally created by RNDP, ALD and President Thein Sein with a coordinated plan--not exaggeration but with the proof which was seen and found previously. 

Whenever international community tries to help solve the problem or to find out collective solution which is good for Rohingya and the state, the concerned persons or Myanmar dialogue partners strictly used the word that “it has been internal affairs”. More clearly, it is proud to imply that Myanmar is an independent state with sovereignty and integrity. 

Every responsible member of UN and the integrated member of the organization, each nation has signed at the time of the entry to the organization that it has agreed on its volition to respect the sovereignty of one another as reciprocal and in case of necessary to involve, to help solve together the outstanding problem like Rohingya of today or such kinds in the past or coming days. 

Sovereignty doesn’t mean crushing its own citizens’ lives, property, tranquility, dignity and basic human rights as per their dirty scheme which secretly adopted by among some high level thugs-- who might have been guiding the criminal principles to the President Thein Sein and its administrative mechanism to make chaos in ruling the country. 

“Sovereignty along with rule of law” is understood to maintain peace and tranquility among communities regardless of --who is who, race, religion, color--and to develop the society and that of the integrity and livelihood in the country --but in contrast the sovereignty of the state of President Then Sein’ becomes a questionable now after having a long consideration of his administrative method which has badly harassed the minority innocent Muslims, particularly the Rohingya and the Muslims from Mittilar and that of the people from western Pegu Division along at least (15) localities. 

Doesn’t the state sovereignty concern to maintain rule of law? 

Doesn’t sovereignty and rule of law find out the culprits who have committed crime against humanity? 

Doesn’t Sovereignty mean to adopt rule of law which discharge the laws and save innocent people who have been serving the long jail terms (ten years imprisonment) without committing any crime along the nations’ jails particularly Rohingya youths in Buthidaung Jail? 

Do you (President) know how many innocent people from Buthidaung, Maung Daw, Rathedaung, Akyab and Kyauktaw have been put in Buthidaung and Sittwe jails by the concerned township level authorities with the help of respective townships court judges, lawyer and local Rakhine false witness under the term of “Sovereignty and internal affairs”? 

We, Rohingya are got fed up now and highly frustrated by your ‘sovereignty mechanism theology’—people become impatient—parents are weeping- daughter, sons and wives are expression of grief and praying to be releasing their beloved ones from every jail who are being arrested and served disgustingly without any reason-- is it sovereignty? —no, it is not serving and loving sovereignty, but it is hegemony activities. 

To be honest, You (U Thein Sein) is beloved President if compare any one beside you—but you have been cheated, bullied and fanned by your step by step authorities concern-- from township level to Union level --not to be known the real situation at the ground— Believe it or not! 

At this new year of auspiciousness and golden opportunity, if the kind request of regional, international and sisterly organization (OIC) from around the world come to your attendance to help solve the unsettled all round problems by their help-- please accept the realistic ideas of them to have solved your domestic problems rather than reasoning excuse the word “sovereignty and internal affairs” while such repeating expression neither will attract the international community’s interest who wanted to invest for our country’s welfare nor helpful to your transitional democratic acceleration which you have been laying out touring around international community to draw time and again.