{"id":24951,"date":"2017-10-03T08:47:43","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T08:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=24951"},"modified":"2017-10-03T10:28:16","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T10:28:16","slug":"myanmar-healing-country-moving-forward-peace-statement-cardinal-bo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/10\/03\/myanmar-healing-country-moving-forward-peace-statement-cardinal-bo\/","title":{"rendered":"MYANMAR &#8211; \u201cHealing the country, moving forward\u00a0 in peace\u201d \u2013 statement by Cardinal Bo"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>MYANMAR<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u201cHealing the Country, Moving Forward\u00a0 in Peace\u201d \u2013 statement by cardinal Bo<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dear Fellow Citizens and International Community,\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Greetings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The recent sad tragic events in our country affecting thousands of\u00a0 Muslims, Rakhines and Hindus and others have brought the concerned attention of the world.\u00a0 The trigger to violence and the aggressive response are lamentable\u00a0 We feel with great compassion at the flight of thousands of Muslims, Hindu, Rakhine, Mro and many others were also scattered especially children, This is a tragedy that should not have happened.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-24955\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/photo-3-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/photo-3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/photo-3-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/photo-3-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/photo-3-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/photo-3-580x870.jpg 580w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/photo-3-860x1290.jpg 860w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/photo-3-1160x1740.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/photo-3.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> \u00a0 As Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has expressed her concern over all forms violence in her recent speech, we strongly advocate that aggressive responses without any embedded long-term peaceful policies would be counterproductive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Much has been said by the western media on the role of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.\u00a0 Many feel that the sentiments and principles she expressed so strongly in her latest address should have come earlier.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But to lay all blame on her, stigmatizing her response is a very counterproductive measure.\u00a0\u00a0 The circumstances under which her government took over, the multiple humanitarian challenges her government had to face during the short time, the continued role of military constitutionally imposed lack of leverage in security issues and scores of other challenges make her role a daunting one.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Her assurance in her speech about rights in Rakhine state, the return of refugees and development of the state is to be welcomed.\u00a0 Those who have lived in this country for a long time, need justice and the Kofi Annan Commission took the right direction in suggesting constructive measures. She has formed a working committee to implement recommendations of the Kofi Annan Commission. These are positive initiatives that need the appreciation and collaboration of all stakeholders and the international community.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> All of us need to move from a wounded past towards a healing future. Let the lessons of the past enlighten our future.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Peace based on justice is possible, peace is the only way.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Sincerely yours<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Charles Cardinal Maung Bo<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Archbishop of\u00a0 Yangon.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MYANMAR \u201cHealing the Country, Moving Forward\u00a0 in Peace\u201d \u2013 statement by cardinal Bo \u00a0 Dear Fellow Citizens and International Community,\u00a0 Greetings.\u00a0 The recent sad tragic events in our country affecting thousands of\u00a0 Muslims, Rakhines and Hindus and others have brought the concerned attention of the world.\u00a0 The trigger to violence and the aggressive response are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-newsletters"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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