Just before the Christmas, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Parliament of the Czech Republic adopted two significant resolutions regarding the support of the pro-democratic forces of Myanmar. The main point being not to invite SAC representatives to official events in the Czechia and to disregard the sham voting planned by SAC.
“I strongly believe that in the globalized world the democratic forces represent sympathetic approach towards events and people. We should care about others, not only about our own selves, therefore I supported the resolutions reinforcing freedom for the country that I still keep in my heart,” says MP Ing. Jarmila Levko who is an initiator of the Resolutions in the Committee.
at a press briefing with Representative of NUG Mr. Lin Thant
at the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic,
Prague 20.12.2024.
It is worth mentioning that the resolutions represent several significant deeds (among others):
• They strongly discourage Czech national authorities to invite the representatives of the junta (e.g. Myanmar Embassy of Prague) to any official events, and acknowledges that such meetings are misused to legitimize the propaganda of the infamous junta in the country. Here the Czech parliamentarians show an exceptional understanding of propaganda machine applied to create the impression that a member state of the European Union, Czechia, accepts the SAC rule by spreading the manipulative pictures of the junta representatives with unaware representatives of the Czech Republic.
• They call on release of political prisoners in the Myanmar and they warn against accepting of planned voting in Myanmar; moreover they encourage democratic Western politicians to meet with NUG representatives,
• They also remind the public about the long friendship between the Czech Republic and democratic Burma rooted in president Václav Havel’s friendship with later Aung San Suu Kyi and his deep concern for human rights and freedom in the country.
The causal press briefing on Resolutions of MP Jarmila Levko and NUG representative U Lin Thant with journalists and civil society actors on 20.12.2024, took place at the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament.
“The Resolutions are also a great example of advocacy dialogue between the civil society and political representation in our country”, said Ondřej Cakl (Integria NGO) at the meeting, “and it sends flagrant signals of our support for democratic values not only to Myanmar and international community, but also to us here in Central Europe, where such symbolic gestures of sympathy and admiration for freedom and human dignity become very needed again”, he continued.
“The Myanmar peoples’ struggle for freedom and self-determination against much stronger enemy has only one equivalent in current world: it is the struggle of Ukrainians against Russian invasion,” Igor Blažević, long term human rights defender for Myanmar, continued.
“The Czech Republic has been the first country to invite NUG representatives to official event, therefore we regard it as our close friend and a supporter of Myanmar freedom and democracy,“ U Linn Thant wrapped up.
Resolutions at official web of the Chamber of Deputies of Parliament of the Czech Republic are to be found here:
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