Non-Democratic Countries

Myanmar

What is democracy ?

• Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens participate equally—either directly or indirectly through elected representatives—in the proposal, development, and creation of laws.

• It encompasses social, religious, cultural, ethnic and racial equality, justice, liberty and fraternity.

The symbol of democracy

What is non-democracy?• The term non-democratic refers to

forms of government, or proposed implementations of such, which are diametrically opposed to democracy.

• "Non-democratic" may refer to:• Authoritarianism• Democratic deficit• Fascism• Monarchy• Political repression• Totalitarianism

List of non-democratic countries

• Myanmar• Saudi Arabia• Kuwait• Jordon• Morocco• Bhutan• Brunei• United Arab Emirates• Oman

Myanmar

• Myanmar officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia bordered by Bangladesh, India, China, Laos .

• One third of Burma's total perimeter of 1,930 kilometres (1,200 miles) forms an uninterrupted coastline along the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea.

Location of Myanmar

Pictures of Myanmar

Flag of Myanmar

Why it is non-democratic?

• The people of Myanmar elected Aung San Suu Kyi. But the military leaders of Myanmar refused to step down and did not accept the election's results.

• Besides, the military put the elected pro-democracy leaders , including Aung San Suu

Kyi,under house arrest . Aung San Suu Kyi continued her struggle for democracy .

•Her struggle has won international fame . She has also been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.Although the people of Myanmar are still struggling to bring a democratic government in their country.

Main complaints and demands of the people

• In Myanmar as the military junta has cracked down on a lot of human rights and freedoms, so they cannot congregate, protest the government and travel both within the country and outside the country is very restricted.

• In Myanmar, the people have no security of life.

•People are not free to express their opinions. Criticizing the government or rulers in Myanmar would lead to severe punishments.•There is no freedom for the people either to elect their government or to be elected.• Even if they find any government or ruler not to their benefit or well-being, they can not change it since there is no election.

Struggle of a brave woman

•Aung San Suu Kyi AC is a Burmese opposition politician and chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Burma.

•In the 1990 general election, the NLD won 59% of the national votes and 81% (392 of 485) of the seats .•She had, however, already been detained under house arrest before the elections.• She remained under house arrest in Burma for almost 15 of the 21 years from 20 July 1989 until her most recent release on 13 November 2010,becoming one of the world's most prominent political prisoners.

Suuki’ s struggles for the nation

• Aung San Suu ki joined the struggle as she felt she could not stay away from this struggle for democracy. In a speech, she said, “I could not, as my father’s daughter remain indifferent to all that was going on.”

• In September, 1988, National League for Democracy was formed with Aung San Suu Kyi as it’s General Secretary.

•She was influenced by the philosophy of non-violence – advocated by Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. – and some Buddhist concepts. She was put under house arrest on 20 July, 1989. •She was offered freedom if she agreed to leave the country, but she refused.•In 1990, her party won the general elections with a comfortable majority, despite the fact that she was under house arrest and had not contested the elections.

Conclusion

Group Members

•S. Arvinth Suriyan(Group leader)

•S. Ajay • S. Ashwin Arunachalam

•K.G.Arvind