‘We’ll Scrap Our Party if That’s What Suu Kyi Wants’
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Q: Who would you say your main opponents are?
A: In fact, we don’t view any party as our rival. Our real opponents are the laws that don’t benefit the people. We will fight against these laws no matter which party promotes them. I mean the kind of law that maintains a monopoly over the economy of the country.
Q: What about your relationship with current NLD leaders? Do you still share common principles with them?
A: Yes, we share the desire for human rights and democracy. On what other basis could we talk with each other? But we are running for the election and they are boycotting it. The difference is that they are not moving on but just talking about what they want, while we are going forward in a practical way.
Our efforts to create a democracy will succeed only after we alleviate the country’s social, economic and political ills. Only with the growth of the middle class can a strong basis for democracy be built. Democracy won’t magically happen overnight after the election, nor will military rule suddenly vanish. So we will focus on “economic democracy” first, which we hope we can get within five years. Then we can proceed towards “social democracy” and “political democracy.” If we work with political conviction, we will achieve these goals within the next decade.
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