[ad_1]
Myanmar’s military launched a coup yesterday (1), arresting royal leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior leaders of the ruling party, and announced that the country will be in power by the commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces Min Aung Hlaing in the next year. Foreign media noted that Myanmar’s military strongman was about to retire at the age of 65 in July, but decided to launch a coup at this time, exposing his political ambitions. Also, according to childhood friends, Min Anglai had a low-key personality and average grades in school. Along with his studies, he was quite surprised that he could become the supreme military leader, but his fate was reversed when he met the former strongman. military man, General Than Shwe.
According to reports from France 24 (France 24) English Channel and Singapore Channel NewsAsia (Channel NewsAsia), in yesterday’s coup, the commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces, Min Aung Lai, has become a new generation of national strongmen. Forced to retire at 65, but did not prepare to resign, but launched a coup to consolidate power and focus on preparing heirs.
Reuters reported that after the fiasco of the parliamentary elections in November last year, Min Aung Lay, in addition to facing retirement, could also face the marginalization of pro-military parties and international calls for his prosecution for war crimes. the Rohingya. An anonymous diplomat in Yangon revealed that Min Aung Hlaing launched the coup entirely for “personal gain.” “The Constitution does not grant him any power to become the leader of the government by any means.”
Although the military announced yesterday that it will re-elect and transfer power after a year of implementing the state of emergency, it is unclear whether Min Aung Rai will fulfill his promise. Ji Ji, Executive Director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Jindal Global University, India Nehginpao Kipgen said: “The aim of the military has always been to rule the country.”
According to a 2017 New York Times poll report, Win Htein, who was then Aung San Suu Kyi’s adviser, claimed that Min Aung Rai’s long-term goal was to be alone without the burden of an elected government. In power, “His plan is to become president in 2020.” However, in the parliamentary elections in November last year, the pro-military party suffered a crushing defeat. The National League for Democracy (National League for Democracy) led by Suu Kyi Aung San Min Aung Lai was frustrated and unacceptable ambition, and the political conflict in Myanmar was rapidly heating up.
The report noted that Min Aung Lai, 64, was born in Dawei in southeastern Myanmar and studied in Yangon. The description of him by his friends in his school days was quite bipolar. Some people described him as reticent and restrained, while others described him as a campus bully who would bully his classmates. It is not yet possible to confirm which party is correct. According to Hla Oo, a Burmese writer who met Min Aung Lai as a child and then went into exile in Australia, Min Aung Lai is a “young worker and apprentice” who “grows stronger in military competition.”
Min Aung Lai studied at the Department of Law at Yangon University from 1972 to 1974. At that time, he did not participate in social movements like his classmates. Instead, he applied to the Defense Services Academy every year. He didn’t apply until his third year. application in 1974. Successfully selected.
According to a classmate of Min Anglai at the National Defense Academy at the time, Min Anglai was a normal student. In an interview with Reuters in 2016, this student said: “You will be promoted regularly, but very slowly”, and it is also “very slow”. “Unexpected” when Min Aung Rai was promoted to the rank of mid-level officer, he pointed out that at that time, Min Aung Rai was obviously not a candidate for the future commander-in-chief. Kipgen said: “In the Burmese army, Min Aung Rai was not outstanding.”
However, after joining the Army’s 88th Light Infantry Division under the command of the former leader of the ruling military regiment, General Than Shwe (Than Shwe), good luck began to fall on Min Anglai, and General Than Shwe became Min Anglai’s subordinate. Under the guidance of his superiors, Min Aung Lai continued to serve under his command. In 1992, General Than Shwe became the military leader of Myanmar.
In 2011, Than Shwe selected Min Aung Lai as his successor and he became the first commander-in-chief of the armed forces in the post-junta era in Myanmar. Kipgen analyzed that Than Shwe chose Min Anglai over other more experienced generals, possibly because he thought Min Anglai was the best candidate to continue his vision of the army and the country.
The Burmese diplomat noted that since Aung San Suu Kyi came to power in 2016, Min Aung Rai has allowed himself to evolve from a taciturn soldier to a politician and public figure. As Than Shwe’s successor and a belief in a strong army, he and Aung San Suu Kyi negotiated to establish the democratization process in Myanmar. Observers noted that Min Aung Lai privately studied cases of regime transition in other countries, and did his best to avoid chaos after the Arab Spring regime transition in Libya and other Middle Eastern countries in Myanmar in 2011 .
However, Kipgen also analyzed that as head of the Armed Forces, Min Anglai also played a bilateral approach. He was very careful in dealing with the government and tried to avoid open conflicts. However, he also did everything possible to prove that the Military is the true head of the Burmese regime, including it in various trips, visiting the mainland, Japan and even receiving foreign guests like Pope Francis.
Analysts noted that Min Aung Lai is very good at operating social media. Every time you visit or meet foreign personalities, these images are carefully recorded and shared on social media. The Yangon Institute of Strategy and Politics think tank of Myanmar (Min Zin (temporary translation), director of the Myanmar Institute of Strategy and Politics, said Min Anglai is very good at shaping the image of a politician and paying attention to the smallest details.
However, outside Myanmar, his efforts to maintain public image appear to be futile. Due to the Rohingya refugee incident, the international community still widely regards it as the driving force behind the persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority. United States in 2019 Min Anglai was banned from entering the country. Twitter and Facebook also blocked his account that same year.
(Zhongshi News Network)
[ad_2]
