CPP welcomes release of Aung San Suu Kyi, calls on Burmese people to intensify struggle against the ruling fascist junta in Myanmar*
PRESS RELEASE
Information Bureau, CPP
November 14, 2010
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today hailed the release of oppositionist leader Aung San Suu Kyi from her second house arrest of seven years as a landmark victory for the Burmese people. It should inspire them to carry out greater struggles and achieve greater victories in their struggle against fascist rule, backwardness and poverty in the country, said the CPP.
"The CPP and the Filipino people join the Burmese people in celebrating the release of Aung San Suu Kyi. Her release underscores the need to wage militant and revolutionary struggle more than ever before."
Suu Kyi is the recognized leader of the National League of Democracy, the most prominent political party that stands in opposition to the fascist military dictatorship which has been in power since the 1960s. She has been under house arrest for 15 of the past 21 years, first in 1988-1995 and again from 2003 until yesterday.
"The prolonged detention of Suu Kyi highlights the widespread oppression of the Burmese people by the military dictatorship. The earnest fight for the release of the fascist junta’s other political prisoners should follow the release of Aung San Suu Kyi," said the CPP. There are presently at least 2,200 political prisoners in Myanmar serving sentences of up to 65 years.
The CPP declared its solidarity with the Burmese people in their aspiration for freedom and democracy.
"The CPP is confident that the Burmese people will be rising up in a powerful wave of protest and resistance that will bring down the oppressive fascist rule and advance the struggle for liberation, democracy and progress in Myanmar."
"The CPP and the Filipino people join the Burmese people in celebrating the release of Aung San Suu Kyi. Her release underscores the need to wage militant and revolutionary struggle more than ever before."
Suu Kyi is the recognized leader of the National League of Democracy, the most prominent political party that stands in opposition to the fascist military dictatorship which has been in power since the 1960s. She has been under house arrest for 15 of the past 21 years, first in 1988-1995 and again from 2003 until yesterday.
"The prolonged detention of Suu Kyi highlights the widespread oppression of the Burmese people by the military dictatorship. The earnest fight for the release of the fascist junta’s other political prisoners should follow the release of Aung San Suu Kyi," said the CPP. There are presently at least 2,200 political prisoners in Myanmar serving sentences of up to 65 years.
The CPP declared its solidarity with the Burmese people in their aspiration for freedom and democracy.
"The CPP is confident that the Burmese people will be rising up in a powerful wave of protest and resistance that will bring down the oppressive fascist rule and advance the struggle for liberation, democracy and progress in Myanmar."
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