Australian officials say Myanmar sanctions might not help
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Australian officials have warned that Myanmar’s military junta is “impervious” to international pressure, saying that piling up sanctions against the regime may not be sufficient to restore democracy.
They also revealed they had been approached by representatives of Myanmar’s deposed civilian government to recognise them as the legitimate rulers of the country instead of the military, also known as the Tatmadaw.
Anti-coup protesters in Myanmar last month. The military regime has killed more than 700 civilians since taking power in February.
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The Morrison government is under increasing pressure to take stronger action against the Tatmadaw after it staged a coup against the democratically elected government, including its high-profile leader Aung San Suu Kyi, on February 1.
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Maj Gen Ashok K Mehta (retd)
Military Commentator
The coup in Myanmar is in its third month with battle lines drawn clearly between the military and an effective non-violent campaign threatening to blow up into a civil war. The Tatmadaw (military) did not expect people’s resistance on this scale and intensity, making the coup a miscalculation. It peaked on Armed Force Day (March 27) when 110 persons were killed, taking the coup death toll to 560. The coup has united the people though Buddhist monks have not joined. While the junta has established a State Administration Council (SAC), an underground group of NLD lawmakers calling itself the Committee Representing National Parliament (CRPH) has declared the 2008 military-drafted Constitution void replacing it with an interim charter. It has secured an alliance with the Ethnic Armed Organisations (EAOs) as a federal army agai