She has a point. Democracy is complicated and American democracy even more so. The US secretary of state has been roaming the world preaching the virtue of the popular mandate, but now that "what the majority wants" has prevailed in Myanmar, he is championing the rights of a minority. His words were perfectly reasonable from an idealistic/political point of view, but Suu Kyi was merely saying she wished things in her country were that simple.
To begin with, her party won a landslide election in a country where the majority doesn't like the Rohingya that much. The paradox is obvious. In other words, "the people have spoken" and they surely must expect the National League for Democracy to listen. (Courtesy of nationmultimedia.com)
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