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power from General Ne Win in the capacity of the Chairman of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) upon the dissolution of General Ne Win's BSPP (Burmese Socialist Programme Party) following the 1988 Democracy Uprising.
This piece of policy address clearly highlights the essence of the Myanmarese colonialism that has its roots in the past feudal imperialism.
Arakan Democratic Forces (ADF) and I standby our philosophy that the State of Union of Burma, a Republic, was officially born in January 4, 1948 under the Nu-Attlee Treaty. Imposition of the State of Tagaung, Sriksetra, Pagan, Myinsing, Sagaing, Pinya, Ava and Konbaung in the place of the State of our Republic, Union of Burma, is Myanmar colonialism.
Those days of pre-1948 were feudal, colonial and imperial that practised tyranny and racism. ADF and I recognize those as our history. While we honour our heritage a clear demarcation line must be drawn. Our democratic parliamentary Republic was born in 1948. At the AFPFL Convention held at the Jubilee Hall, Rangoon, on the 23rd May 1947, Bogyoke Aung San, in his address, said, "We want a Republic". It was agreed and our Republic was born in 1948, but he was killed on the 19th July 1947 by the Myamarese imperialists. Under the leadership of U Nu, who succeeded Aung San, the new and infantile Republic survived a series of turmoil, but was put to an end by General Ne Win through a coup d'état on the 2nd March 1962. General Ne Win, who is known as the uncrowned king of the Fourth Myanmar Empire, revived Myanmarism and ruled the country under the Burmese Way to Socialism that was nothing but a variety of Myanmarese colonialism. General Saw Maung succeeded him in 1988, promoted himself
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