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Bo rings bell for democracy in Myanmar, but can the generals turn back?


Bo rings bell for democracy in Myanmar, but can the generals turn back?
Feb 5, 2021 managing editor
Burmese living in Japan and supporters march during a protest in front of the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. (Credit: Eugene Hoshiko/AP.)
Charles Maung Bo has become the leading voice for democracy in Myanmar after Monday s coup, but at the same time, he is being pragmatic in his dealings with the military.
News Analysis
When Myanmar’s generals overthrew the country’s elected government on Monday, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo was on a pastoral visit to the northern state of Kachin.
This meant Auxiliary Bishop John Saw Yaw Han of Yangon gave the initial Church response to the crisis, which included the arrest of most of the elected members of the National League for Democracy, including its leader and Myanmar’s “State Counsellor,” Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. ....

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