For a quarter of a century the country was suppressed by the military rule which dictated the direction the country was taking. We have seen mountains of persecutions and the deep decay of human rights in Burma.
The current episodes of events in Burma is highly welcome especially to people like me who are human rights activists. We are enthused by the positive change and the movement towards democracy though slower than anticipated. I was born in Zimbabwe where all the four recent elections were rigged and people were denied their fundamental rights to vote.
I know and understand the pain and injury that incredible elections inflict on the electorate. Myanmar has demonstrated the beauty of free and fair elections and other countries such as Zimbabwe should learn from that example and change the gears.
If credible elections can happen to Myanmar why not in Zimbabwe? The Mugabe regime need to know that they are not immune to the wave of change taking place elsewhere and therefore they should wake up and liberate people from chains of dictatorship. It is better to change to democratic rule now rather than waiting for the wave of change to dictate to them.
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