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VOA Interview: Former Envoy Richardson on Rohingya CrisisCindy SaineWASHINGTON — VOA’s Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine interviewed former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson via Skype about his abrupt resignation from an international board that advises Myanmar on the Rohingya crisis.Question: Do you prefer Ambassador Richardson or Governor Richardson?Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson: I think governor is better.Q: Governor Richardson. First just to clarify, did you resign from the advisory board, or were you asked to leave, and more importantly, why did you leave?Richardson: Well I resigned. They’re claiming I was fired but they were begging me to stay till the very last minute by the national security advisor. I resigned for two reasons – one, because I felt the advisory board was just whitewashing operation meant to validate the policies of the government of Myanmar. The second reason is an explosive reaction Aung San Suu Kyi had as I was trying to give her frank advice to deal fairly with the two Reuters journalist that had been imprisoned. That showed me she wasn’t interested in frank advice, and this is after thirty years of very strong friendship where we worked together for democracy. That has obviously been shattered by my resignation.Read more at: https://www.voanews.com/a/voa-interview-bill-richardson-rohingya/4227459.html
I think there would be more responses if you dumbed it down...I dunno. I think many are fine with atrocities when the victims are Muslim.
