Well said Sithu Aung Myint, when you wrote: “It does not help the peace process to stand for one side and blame the other.”

But the problem is when you insisted that ” except for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her NLD, almost all other stakeholders in the peace process stand for one side and criticise the other,” I am afraid it is misleading.

What about honorary, bravely title given to scores of Tatmadaw troopers at the Presidential Palace by President U Htin Kyaw, on 4 January – Independence Day, that have fought the ethnic armies, which are union citizens also?

Would you consider praising and giving prize to one party, in the armed confrontation between union citizens, an appropriate act or a justified undertaking of the country’s President?

How would you answer Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s praising of the Tatmadaw, which she said were protecting the civilian, when exactly the opposite was happening on the ground, while blaming the Northern Alliance combatants, who are also union citizens?

Don’t you think, the NLD and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi should be neutral and act as mediator, rather than siding with the Tatmadaw?

Why is Daw Aung San Suu Kyi so deafeningly silent, when the KIA was subject to heavy bombardment, airstrikes and massive infantry assaults, three months in a row and blame the Northern Alliance, when they acted in self-defense?

Would you consider the Northern Alliance counter-offensive an unjustified response?

Finally, you know that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is dangerously navigating the troubled political waters, between clinging on to some limited ceremony power of State Counselor by giving in to the Tatmadaw’s wishes on crucial matters like peace process and constitutional amendment and walking on a thin red line, with the possibility to be co-opted into the military camp any time soon.

And last but not least, do you really think Daw Aung San Suu Kyi could deliver, when her hands are so tied up?

You would need to ask and answer yourself the above critical questions, if you are to be proven an investigative journalist, at least, who is trying to be without bias, in shaping your opinion as a well known political analyst and commentator.

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