Suu Kyi's Trip to Rakhine State

Although most are worried for Daw Aung San Su Kyi's trip to Thandwe, Taunggote and Gwa,

Rakhine people openly showed their support to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

Suu Kyi said that she gets many lessons in democracy from every state and town she visits.

So what were her views on her Rakhine trip?

"We aim to visit every city and town, but we should first visit conflict areas like this. So I came here."

"We have to go states and towns which have a lack of electoral knowledge."

She chose to visit and campaign in Rakhine state over 3 days, from October 16 to 18.

"We need to change", she said.

"We need to change."

"We want a new government because we need change."

"To achieve our goal, we need the collaboration of our people."

One issue in the state is that Rakhine national parties are very powerful locally

and will not hand over control of the state like in the 1990 election.

So NLD will face difficulties in Rakhine if they win this election.

"From the 1990 election results we saw that

our people are open to democracy, as the NLD won and the world got to know about us."

"The point is that other democratic countries have supported us to build democracy for 30 years."

"The United Nations has also supported us to build Democracy."

"Based on that result, here... the military authorities cannot withhold our rights anymore

and finally our goal, a new election is happening."

The leader of the democratic movement ended her Rakhine trip in the city of Gwa.

Another speech by her there concerned the next generation.

"The fake politician only thinks about the next election. The real citizens only think about the next generation."

"This is a time we need to think about next generation."

"The first thing to do for the next generation is to repair the education system."

"The second, is that our people need to change their mindsets."

Her next trip is the Eastern state of Shan.