Barely six months into a five-year term, Aung San Suu Kyi’s government is facing a barrage of criticism at home and abroad over everything from the slow pace of change in the country to the democracy icon’s handling of Myanmar’s ethnic conflicts.
The fledgling government, which Friday marked 100 days of policy-making, is responding with a renewed attempt at engagement: a series of press conferences aimed at explaining its agenda.
“People’s expectations [for the government] are too high,” U Kyaw Zay Ya, a spokesman at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Friday, though he added that he was happy with the government’s performance so far. (Courtesy of wsj.com)
