Opposition win could lead to military backlash

April 02, 2012 16:06

The landslide opposition victory in the parliamentary elections in Myanmar could prompt a backlash against reformist President Thein Sein by military hardliners.

Analysts said the opposition's apparent victory is likely to rattle the Burmese Government, comprising former Army generals, who had hoped to control the pace of political reform. "What is important from now on is that all the parties to the reform process work closely together,' the Christian Science Monitor quoted a Western diplomat, as saying.

"The NLD should be very careful not to be arrogant or aggressive. If we are seen as a threat to the government there is a possibility that the [reform] process will slowdown or fail later on,' a former political prisoner and one-time Suu Kyi's aide Myo Nan Naung Thein warned.

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