(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 23 - In Yangon, the main city of Burma, the protest against the military juntam that took power on February 1 has returned to the streets.
Protesters marched showing the three-finger gesture, which has become a symbol of rebellion, to urge the leaders of the Asian region to "stand on the side of the Burmese people", on the eve of the weekend of the ASEAN summit, which will also be attended by the leader of the junta, Min Aung Hlaing.
His participation in the appointment of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is also strongly criticized by the government of national unity, a sort of shadow executive composed of all the parties that oppose the junta, in which the former leader Aung San is portrayed as state councilor. Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize winner. "In principle - reads a statement from the national unity government, signed by Dr.
Sasa, referred to as Minister of International Cooperation and spokesperson - leaders who can contribute to a solution to the deep crisis in Burma are welcome, but those who exclude the people of Burma are hardly useful and include the killer leader Min Aung Hlaing, who is killing Burmese people ". According to updated data from the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma), 739 people have been killed in violent clashes since the coup on February 1st. (ANSA).