Aims & Objectives of BDMA-UK
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To attain
Democracy and Human Rights in Burma.
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To end the
Military Dictatorship in Burma and
replace it with a Democratic
Government elected by the people of
Burma.
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To establish true
Federalism in Burma.
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To encourage
and support all pro-democracy
organisations internationally.
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BDMA is a political
organisation based in London, UK. Our main objective is to
achieve freedom and democracy in Burma.
In 1988 a nation-wide democracy uprising by people from
all walks of life led the one party-dominated system to
collapse from its grip on power after 26 years. The
Burmese Socialist Programme Party (BSPP) ruled Burma
from 1962 following a military coup. When BSPP failed to
solve the worsening economic situation, corruption among
the government sectors, numerous deflations of the
currency and skyrocketing commodity prices, the people
became intolerant and the 8888 democracy uprising took
place.
However the peaceful demonstration was met with a
crackdown and tens of thousands of unarmed people were
killed by a group of dictators who did not want to
relinquish power. As a consequence, masked dictators
grabbed hold of the country power under a different
name, the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC),
on 18 September 1988 and ruled the country tyrannically.
Despite the National League for Democracy (NLD) led by
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi winning a landslide victory and
taking 83 % of parliamentary seats in the 1990 general
elections, which were internationally recognised as free
and fair elections, the ruling junta refused to hand
over power.
Ignoring the people’s desire, the junta changed its name
from SLORC to the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC)
in November 1997. However, Burma is still ruled by the
same oppressive military regime. Though (88) generation
and ethnic minority groups are still struggling for
freedom and democracy in Burma, along with pressure from
the international community, the military dictators
still have their grip on power. As we all believe
that restoring democracy and human rights in Burma is
the responsibility of all Burmese people, we overseas
Burmese are also undertaking our part.
For these reasons, the Burmese Democratic
Movement Association (BDMA-UK) was formed by
patriotic Burmese in England to fight against the
military regime for freedom and democracy in Burma.
Burmese Democratic Movement Association
Tel/Fax:
Email: bdma@bdmauk.org
web:
www.bdmauk.org
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