NLD chairman Aung San Suu Kyi told residents
of Kawhmu Township, where she is seeking a seat in the Burmese Parliament, that
she will focus on trying to alleviate unemployment in the township.
Suu Kyi
delivered a 25-minute speech to about 40,000 people in an open field outside a
Buddhist Monastery in Phayalan quarter after meeting with Buddhist abbots and
touring an orphanage.
Myint
Thein, a National League for Democracy (NLD) campaign official, said Suu Kyi
told the vast audience that she will work for jobs for them and for the people
in Burma, but she can do that only if people give her their votes.
In the
past few weeks, jobs have become a strong NLD campaign theme, perhaps partly in
response to an anonymous campaign in Kawhmu last week alleging that Suu Kyi had
cost the township jobs because of her support for international sanctions.
Countering
that argument, she said, “Our country’s main problem is poverty. In response to
the question, how will I solve the problem, we have discussed this issue with
organizations and the countries that want to help Burma. We are planning now
how best to approach this issue, and we will do as much as we can.”
In her
speech on Thursday, she said that she choose to stand for the by-election in
the Kawhmu constituency, where most residents are Karen, for the sake of
national unity, and if she becomes an MP, she will visit all the villages in
the township in which ethnic people live, according to Myint Thein.
The
campaign trip to Kawhmu Township was her fourth visit. Suu Kyi donated alms to
13 Buddhist abbots in the township prior to her speech, and also visited the
Mingala charity orphanage in Phayagyi village in Twante Township. She also met
with village heads from 62 villages at the NLD campaign office.
The
constituency has a total of 87,000 eligible voters from 62 villages. There will
be 129 polling stations in the township for the April 1 election.
A
Mizzima reporter, “A large number of people gathered along the road from Twante
to Kawhmu and the car moved very slowly. Despite the burning sun, people form
almost all the villages turned out to welcome her. Even elderly men and women
came to greet her without wearing footwear.”
Here
opponents are Union Solidarity and Development Party candidate Dr. Soe Min and
Unity and Peace Party candidate Tin Yi.
Phanida
Mizzima
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