Haikal Mansor, author of the linked tweet, is a very vocal Rohingya tweeter and blogger. On November 20th, Aung San Suu Kyi declared that she would go to The Hauge in order to defend Myanmar at the ICJ against the potential violation of the Genocide Convention of 1948, as accused by Gambia. Being a Rohingya muslim, clearly Mr. Mansor feels very strongly about this decision. First of all he criticizes her decision to defend Myanmar at the ICJ as she will be defending the militaries potentially genocidal like actions against the Rohingya people. Obviously, Mr. Mansor feels very strongly about this since he Rohingya and she is therefore going against something he believes in. Second of all he criticizes her choice of picking two military generals to help her defend at the ICJ. According to Ministry of the Office of the State Counselor this choice was, “in order to strengthen internal capacity and expertise, and provide legal opinions to relevant ministries on issues related to international criminal law.”(Two Myanmar Military Officers Join Int’l Criminal Justice Unit for ICJ Defense, Irrawaddy). Military spokesman Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun stated, “[The inclusion of the military officials] is at the government’s instruction. In the Special Unit on International Criminal Justice, two military officers are included and one of them is an expert on international law,”(Two Myanmar Military Officers Join Int’l Criminal Justice Unit for ICJ Defense, Irrawaddy). Therefore is doesn’t seem that the choice to include these two military generals was ASSK’s choice. Nevertheless, it shows that the the government and military do not want to take responsibility for their actions. However, it only makes sense that they would choose these military generals to help defend their case since they probably know the most about what actions the military took. That being said, I’m sure there will be no small amount of biases since it is in their interest to defend the militaries actions and make it look like they did nothing wrong. As for her being a puppet to the military, I wonder if ASSK was told or is being forced to go or if it was actually her choice?
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https://www.haikalmansor.com/ Haikal Mansor’s Blog
Tweet from Haikal Mansor:
Ethan Watts
#AungSanSuuKyi, the military's puppet, is OUT OF HER MIND!
First she declared she'll be defending the case at the ICJ as "the Agent" of genocidal #Myanmar.
Now she formed 'International Criminal Justice' unit and included 2 military generals. #Rohingyahttps://t.co/5QUi6up8D6
— Haikal Mansor (@HaikalMansor) November 28, 2019