Silent no more
‘88 Generation’ activists draw on experience to help Myanmar citizens find their voices.
- Published: 14 Jan 2013 at 10.52
- Newspaper section: Asia focus
Former political prisoners from the so-called 88 Generation have gradually emerged as significant players on the changing terrain of reform in Myanmar reform, throwing their support behind ordinary citizens who express their grievances.
88 Generation activists Min Ko Naing (seated third left), Ko Ko Gyi (seated third right) and Htay Kywe (seated second left), attend a news conference in Yangon in January last year.
Whether the country is ready or not, whether the people are ready or not, the parliamentary system is now a key decision-making apparatus in a country that until recently was one of the world’s most repressive, says Ko Ko Gyi, a core leader of the 88 Generation.
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