[WSMDiscuss] Solidarity Statement of Support for the Peoples of Burma

[Eduardo C Tadem]

Dear friends of Burma,

In solidarity with the peoples of Burma, we are circulating this
statement of support for your endorsement. We hope that you can sign on as
organizations or individuals. Kindly put your name and affiliation in this
link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uQ0rZnGkcQuHT6pcbHSnNTK1TmKvSqKZ_H_ewbtC1Aw/edit?usp=sharing


Military Junta, Withdraw from Burma Politics!

We, the grassroots communities, peoples’ organizations, civil society
organizations, scholar-activists, and concerned individuals strongly
condemn the Burmese military coup for their onslaught of arbitrary arrests
of elected government officials, pro-democracy activists, and members of
civil society, for the elimination of the democratic space in Burma, and
violent dispersals of peaceful protests.

We stand in solidarity with the peoples of Burma and we register our calls:

We demand that the military cease interfering with Burma politics and
return to the barracks where they rightfully belong.

We demand that the civilian government be reinstated, but not only to
return to the hands of the elite. Having failed the human rights test by
justifying the massive atrocities against Burma’s ethnic minorities,
especially the Rohingya genocide, Aung San Suu Kyi should give way and make
room for the emergence of progressive and multi-ethnic leadership.

We demand that a new constitution be enacted once a civilian government is
restored and progressive leadership emerges that will expunge all
references to the military’s involvement in politics, specifically its 25%
entitlement of seats in parliament which effectively makes any
constitutional amendments towards a genuine democracy impossible. The
crafting of a new constitution should lead to new elections that will
genuinely be participative, inclusive, and democratic.

As a safeguard against a return to elite rule, we call on non-NLD
democratic and progressive forces to step up and organize themselves into
an alternative political force that will contest political leadership in
Burma.

We demand that the military junta be held accountable for countless cases
of human rights violations and atrocities suffered by the peoples of Burma
and to face prosecution before the International Criminal Court and other
international tribunals.

We demand that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) strongly
censure Burma’s military rulers and suspend the country’s membership in the
regional body until democracy is fully and meaningfully restored.

We call on the international community to exert pressure on the regional
partners of the military dictatorship namely, Russia, India, North Korea,
Japan, and China (Myanmar’s key protector within the UN Security Council)
to halt their military and economic support until democracy is fully in
place.

We express our solidarity with the health workers, teachers, civil
servants, factory workers, other essential workers, and peasants and
farmworkers, along with grassroots activists in the country who engage in
civil disobedience to protest the military takeover and to fight for the
fundamental freedoms and the rule of law not only for the peoples of Burma
but also for the peoples of Southeast Asia!

Endorsing Organizations:


   1.

   University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development
   Studies Program on Alternative Development (UP CIDS AltDev)
   2.

   Back Pack Health Worker Team (BPHWT)- Burma
   3.

   Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID)
   4.

   Kanlungan Centre Foundation, Inc.- Philippines
   5.

   K’dadalak Sulimutuk Institute- Timor Leste
   6.

   Mokatil- Tovimentu Kamponezes Timor Leste
   7.

   Movimentu Popular Reforma Agraria (MPRA)- Timor Leste
   8.

   Uniaun Agrikultores Covalima (UNARCO)- Timor Leste
   9.

   Uniaun Agrikultores Ermera (UNAER)- Timor Leste
   10.

   Institutu Edukasaun Popular (IEP)- Timor Leste
   11.

   Aksyon sa Kahandaan sa Kalamidad at Klima (AKKMA)- Philippines
   12.

   Urban Poor Alliance Philippines (UP ALL)
   13.

   Luzon CMP People’s Organization Network (LCMP PO NET)- Philippines
   14.

   PASDEV Development Center- Philippines
   15.

   Sustainability and Participation through Education and Lifelong Learning
   (SPELL)- Philippines
   16.

   The Right Association- Timor Leste
   17.

   ASEAN SOGIE Caucus (ASC)
   18.

   Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee( Pakistan)
   19.

   National Union Confederation ( KSN ) Indonesia
   20.

   Indian Social Action Forum (INSAF)
   21.

   Peace Women Partners
   22.

   Stop the War Coalition- Philippines
   23.

   WomanHealth Philippines
   24.

   Women’s Legal and Human Rights Bureau (WLB)- Philippines
   25.

   Freedom from Debt Coalition- Philippines
   26.

   TEA group (Togetherness for Equality and Action),Thailand
   27.

   Working People's Party (PRP) Indonesia
   28.

   Federation Of Karya Utama Union (FSBKU) - Indonesia
   29.

   Gender and Development Advocates (GANDA) Filipinas
   30.

   Society of Transexual Women of the Philippines (STRAP)
   31.

   Partido Manggagawa (Workers’ Party, Philippines)
   32.

   Rural Poor Institute for Land and Human Rights Services (RIGHTS), Inc.
   33.

   Feminist's Liberation Front (FLF) , Thailand
   34.

   Europe solidaire sans frontières (ESSF), France
   35.

   Focus on the Global South, Thailand, Philippines, India
   36.

   North South Initiative, Malaysia
   37.

   Alab Katipunan (AK), Philippines
   38.

   Federation of Free Workers, Philippines
   39.

   Bandung Women's voice community (SPB) Bandung Indonesia.
   40.

   Kilos Maralita (KM), Philippines
   41.

   People’s Welfare and Reforms for Social Advancement (PWERSA), Philippines


Endorsing Individuals:

   1.

   Tony Salvador, labor lawyer (Philippines)
   2.

   Su Su Wai, Peace Practitioner (Myanmar)
   3.

   Andrew Aeria, Civil Society Activist, Malaysia
   4.

   Christian Ramilo, Musician, Philippines.
   5.

   Jenny Romero Llaguno (Philippines)
   6.

   Monina Geaga (Philippines)
   7.

   Luzviminda Santos (Philippines)
   8.

   Girlie Amarillo, Professor (Philippines)
   9.

   Maria Dulce F. Natividad (Philippines)
   10.

   Jun Borras, Professor, ISS, Den Hague
   11.

   Bonn Juego, Academic, (Philippines/Finland)
   12.

   Maria Karina A. Bolasco, Publisher (Philippines)
   13.

   Rene E. Ofreneo, Professor Emeritus, UP (Philippines)
   14.

   Rosalinda P. Ofreneo, Professor Emeritus, UP (Philippines)
   15.

   Mary Ann Manahan, Scholar-Activist, Ghent University
   (Philippines/Belgium)
   16.

   Roger Daenekindt (Belgium)
   17.

   Teodoro C. Mendoza, PhD. Agronomist (Philippines)
   18.

   Noli Buhay, Sweden
   19.

   Eduardo C. Tadem, Retired Professor, University of the Philippines
   20.

   Pierre Rousset, France
   21.

   Andy Rutherford, United Kingdom
   22.

   Nathaniel Candelaria (Philippines)
   23.

   Francisco Nemenzo, Professor Emeritus and former President, University
   of the Philippines
   24.

   Teresa Encarnacion Tadem, Professor of Political Science, University of
   the Philippines
   25.

   Nathan Gilbert Quimpo (Japan)
   26.

   Valentin da Costa Pinto, Director, Fundasaun HTL, Timor Leste
   27.

   Prof. Anuradha Chenoy (Retired, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
   28.

   Mohiuddin Ahmad, Writer/columnist, Bangladesh
   29.

   Olle Törnquist, Professor of Politics and Development, University of Oslo
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