Myanmar Cardinal Calls Criticism of Aung San Suu Kyi 'Unfair' Ahead of Pope's Visit

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Myanmar Cardinal Calls Criticism of Aung San Suu Kyi 'Unfair' Ahead of Pope's Visit

2017-11-17

The leader of Myanmar’s Catholic Church spoke out on Friday against what he called unjust criticism of Nobel Peace laureate and de facto national leader Aung San Suu Kyi over the Myanmar military’s crackdown on the Muslim Rohingya ethnic group.

Speaking in an interview with the Associated Press (AP) ahead of a visit to Myanmar by Pope Francis beginning Nov. 27, Cardinal Charles Bo said that international criticism of Aung San Suu Kyi over her perceived indifference to the plight of the Rohingya has been “very unfair.”

Cardinal Bo noted that under the terms of Myanmar’s constitution, Aung San Suu Kyi has no political authority to criticize the country’s military, which enjoys a majority vote in parliament and controls important government departments.

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