VATICAN CITY – This was expressed by Pope Francis himself in his conversation with the Jesuits on his last trip to Asia, the transcript of which was published by the magazine 'Catholic civil”.
“Today in Myanmar we cannot remain silent: something must be done! The future of your country must be a peace based on respect for the dignity and rights of all people, on respect for a democratic order that allows everyone to contribute to the common good. I ask for the release of Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi and to receive her son in Rome. I offer the Vatican to receive it in our territory“he said to one of the participants from Burma at the meeting.
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Suu Kyi He has been jailed since a military coup in February 2021, which ended a decade of democratic transition and opened a downward spiral of violence that worsened the guerrilla war the country has endured for decades, with thousands of young people joining the gunmen's gangs. against the Army.
The army justified the coup because of allegations of massive fraud in the November 2020 elections, the results of which were annulled and Suu Kyi's party won, as it did in 2015, with support from international observers.