State Paper Criticizes Former Rulers for Burma's Poverty

An official newspaper of the Burmese regime ran an article that blamed the rising poverty rate in the country on the "unqualified" rulers from former regimes in the country.

The Kyemon, one of the official newspapers of the Burmese regime, carried an article on 10 July written by Wai Yan Maung, who criticized the rulers of former regimes for poverty in the country.


Wai Yan Maung commented in his article, titled "Let's Participate and Help in Unity as a National", that the rise of poverty in the country is due to consecutive low-standard rulers in the country.

The author stated, "if I have to frankly overview the situation of the country that is figuratively called the land that bears gold and rich in natural resources, it has a rising poverty rate over 26% that is due to consecutive hold on state power by unqualified rulers who have been neglecting work for the poor sector of the country."

He also said that the country faces vast inequality between the rich and poor due to the weakness of rulers who have over-prioritized the country's economy for their own close associates and cronies, and the slow pace of development in the country is due to the weakness of their governance, with most of the people suffering because the rulers favored just a small handful of people.

He added that the benefits of the country have been effectively lost for the well-being of the country because of their misrule.

According to readers, the article that criticized the consecutive rulers of the country will especially embarrass recent military regime headed by Senior General Than Shwe, which ruled the country for the last 23 years.

Readers also say they see the article as a blow to the retired head of state, General Than Shwe, other senior officials from the armed forces who are still holding state power after shedding their uniforms, and their relatives and associates who are still controlling much of the economy.


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