POL215Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Burma Socialist Programme Party, Ne Win, Liberal State Party
22 Nov 2016
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Democratic rule, (cid:857)(cid:865)4(cid:864)-(cid:857)(cid:865)6(cid:858: anti-fascist people"s freedom league (cid:523)afpfl(cid:524) dominated the political landscape in the first decade, it won strong support for leading burma to independence. External threats: kmt troops fled to burma from prc, muslim insurgents on the border with east pakistan. )nternal threats: ethnic rebellion the (cid:853)(cid:861)(cid:856)(cid:859) constitution did not assign equal rights to different states and ethnic groups split because of personal conflicts: once the afplf split, parliament was strongly divided, faced these threats u. Nu turned to general ne win, the armed forces commander to form a caretaker government. Ne win adopted a national ideology that gave the military a key role reneged to the panglong agreement of (cid:853)(cid:861)(cid:856)(cid:859) which allowed minority ethnic groups to continue governing themselves through traditional institutions, pressured local chief. Ne win began requested an extension of its mandate the elected government in (cid:853)(cid:861)(cid:858)(cid:852) continued to face unresolved problems. The (cid:857)(cid:865)(cid:864)(cid:864) crisis: the rise of opposition and the new slorc/spdc regime.
