When we talk about the situation in Burma, there are two issues. One is the lack of democracy and human rights, and the second is national reconciliation. Burma is a country with the longest-running civil war in the world, since 1948. So we might have democracy and human rights, but we cannot achieve national reconciliation without settling this divider among the nationalities. I believe this is a major issue.
Without addressing this major issue of the ethnic nationalities, we cannot achieve anything. Even though we have democracy and human rights, we will not be happy. We will not be unified. We will still feel guilty for failure to settle this major issue.
Actually, I'm from the Burma majority. I didn't realize that the sufferings of ethnic nationalities many years ago. Now I realize that a Burma majority has a duty to address the plight of the Burma ethnic nationalities. This is a major issue for me, and this is a major issue for all the democracy advocates now.