Myanmar coup: doctors and health workers …

Burmese doctors and health workers spoke out against the Burmese military coup and said They will only participate under democratic government.

On Monday, the military ended the country’s democratic transition, imposed a state of emergency for a year and They arrested civilian head of government Aung San Suu Kyi, as well as other directors of his party, the National League for Democracy (LND).

Two days after the coup d’état, condemned by many foreign powers, the first signs of resistance. Doctors and healthcare professionals chose to wear a red bow in protest. “We will only obey the democratically elected government “, said Aung San Min, head of a 100-bed hospital in the Magway region (center).

Yangon General Hospital medical staff gathered in front of the facility, making A three-fingered wave, a gesture of resistance adopted by pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong and Thailand.

A group called Civil disobedience movement on Facebook, which already has around 150,000 subscribers. “Shame on the army”, “The military are thieves”, they argue from this page.

Tuesday afternoon, in the business district of Rangoon, the economic capital, the inhabitants made a cacerolazo and honked their horns. Some chanted: “Long live Mother Suu!”

Sensing what was to come Suu Kyi, apparently under house arrest, called on people to “not accept” coup in a letter written before your arrest. On Wednesday, de facto authorities officially accused her of violating a trade law and ordered her “provisional arrest” until February 15, a spokesperson for her party reported.

Repercussions

After threatening new sanctions, the Joe Biden government has once again raised its voice against Burma. According to an American official, Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint “were deposed in a military coup”, adofficial statement blocking direct US aid to the Burmese state.

France advocated Wednesday that the The European Union (EU) also imposes sanctions if the state of emergency is not lifted. But it is a symbolic act because the Burmese army has sanctions since the atrocities committed by the army in 2017 against the Rohingya Muslim minority and which led to Burma being accused of genocide by UN investigators.

The UN Security Council, for its part, failed to agree on a resolution on Tuesday. Negotiations are continuing, reported a diplomat who requested anonymity. Beijing, which continues to be Burma’s main supporter at the UN, has hampered any initiatives in this case during the Rohingya crisis, viewing the conflict as an internal Burmese affair.

Chancellors of the The G7 said it was “very concerned” by the events, as did the International Monetary Fund, who warned of the impact on the country’s economy, already heavily affected by the coronavirus (more than 140,000 cases and 3,100 deaths).