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These days, aside from the MERALCO debacle, in which The Lopez family is still embroiled in, because the government just won’t relent, I find myself still enraptured and drawn to the sad and utter failure of Myanmar’s military Junta in providing aid for its people. In fact, they didn’t even need to provide aid, all they needed to do was to let organizations in so that they could provide aid. And yet, what they did was to put politics first, as they pushed forward with a referendum, instead of pushing forward for aid. They put their political futures first, before the lives of its own people.

Was I surprised? No. But I was angered.

Today, as you read, there are still 1.5 million Burmese people in dire need of aid after Cyclone Nargis ravaged Burma, especially in the area of the Irrawaddy Delta.

I mean, this is just too big to ignore. The inaction of The Burmese government is criminal. No ifs ands or buts, that’s the sad reality that millions of Burmese people have lived with throughout this despicable regime, but even they probably didn’t know that their own government would still turn away in their hour of great need.

But, now, The Burmese Government wants aid money. Could this be a cash cow for the regime?

Many villages in cyclone affected areas in the Irrawaddy delta are still waiting for food, shelters and supplies, according to Burmese aid workers who visited villages in the Kyungyangone, Nyaungdone and Dedaye areas.

“People who were begging there are now being forcibly removed form the roadside,” said a Burmese aid worker who returned from Dedaye. “It’s really a depressing situation there.”

“Nargis is now a cash cow for the regime and UN agencies (to raise money),” she said.
Burmese officials said US $11 billion is needed to rebuild communities in the affected area. The figure was met with strong skepticism.

And now, after almost one month of criminal inaction, The Military Junta is softening its stand after U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon traveled to Burma last week. They are allowing aid to slowly trickle in. The whole world has pleaded, and yet, the aid is still a slow go. After thousands dead, and a million and a half more in dire need, we have seen the inhumane nature of a regime that has got to go.