Myanmar: A new dawn Dr Thant Myint-U, the chairman of the Yangon Heritage Trust and the grandson of U Thant, the secretary-general of the UN in the 1960s, says: I think we can be reasonably confident that this degree of political liberalization will continue. We can be somewhat confident that moves towards democracy will continue as well, but I think how ordinary life will change, whether income inequality will simply get worse and whether the lives of the poorest half of the country - two thirds of the country - if that will change, I think remains a big question mark. He cites continuing problems with corruption as being one of the major barriers to change. It is no surprise that the World Bank rates Myanmar as one of the most difficult places on earth to do business. He says: One of the huge tragedies of the past 50 years is that the independent judiciary and the very first rate judiciary we had 50 years ago, is gone after 40 or 50 years of military rule, and I think without that strong judiciary and that strong rule of law apparatus from the police through the judges and the Supreme Court, its going to be very difficult.
Posted on: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 15:24:07 +0000
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