The blog titled ‘Some opposition organizations are slamming Tatmadaw by all means to tarnish prestige image’ by Win Htut, a writer for the Burmese Eleven Media Group, wrote about the Myanmar Armed Forced Day parade, and the multiple protests the occurred on the day of the parade. Myanmar had a past of terrible military regimes that consistently punished its citizens. However, in recent years there have been open elections in order to elect the new democratic leaders of the country. Despite these free elections, there are still hard feelings towards the military throughout the country. The oppositions position was made known especially on Armed Forces Day. The military, called Tatmadaw, has worked to improve their image to the public. The goal of these protests, according to Win Htut, were to place distrust between the Tatmadaw and the citizens, and to rid the Tatmadaw of unity. However, according to Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the protests created better unity among the Tatmadaw. Win Htut went on to provide more quotes from Senior General Min Aung Hlaing describing the unity and prestige of the Tatmadaw.

Win Htut did not have a clear opinion regarding the protests and the words of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, however, the Senior General was obviously incredibly biased towards the Tatmadaw. My question is: Despite the improvement of the Tatmadaw and their demeanor, why is there still some skepticism towards the military?

http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/politics/13639