Narinjara News, 4 January 2023
Leaders of Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), the Myanmar military government backed political party, offered bribes to about 100 local residents in Thandwe locality of Rakhine State asking them to protest against the United Nations Security Council's resolution on Myanmar.
A rally was also organized by some USDP leaders and members on 3 January, where the participants assembled in front of number 8 ward of Thandwe
township stadium area at about 1 pm.
A Thandwe resident informed that the rally was organised against the UNSC decision following the direction
of USDP’s top leaders. The participants
were offered food and gift items.
“I saw many bottles of drinking water on the table. I know, they also paid bribes (money) to the people to
join in the rally,” he added.
Mentionable is that the UNSC on 21 December last called on the military council of Myanmar to stop
violence in the country. It also asked
the military generals to release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners.
Soon after the development, some supporters of the military council organised protest demonstrations
against the UNSC decision in various cities
including Mandalay and Yangon.
Demonstrators in the Thandwe rally shouted slogans against the UNSC resolution and they also displayed
banners and posters. Slogans also chanted
to stop the terrorists in murdering monks and civil servants.
The posters read various lines like We Are Against Unilateral Decision of UNSC, No Need of Foreign
Intervention, Don't Want NUG, CRPH, PDF, Myanmar
Can Solve Its Issues, Stop Terrorists, Save Innocent People, etc.
Earlier on 28 December, the military council supporters protested in front of the American and British
embassies in Yangon. They also did the
same in Mandalay on 30 December last.