CLARIFICATION – EBO FUNDING
A
recent Dictator Watch update http://www.dictatorwatch.org/prKNUupdate.html
on 28 October 2016, on the Karen National Union, alleges that to induce the KNU
to sign a ceasefire, Chairman Mutu Say Poe “received over $2 million dollars
from the European Union, channeled through Harn Yawnghwe’s Euro-Burma
Office, and likely other payments as well.” This is definitely not true.
The
Euro-Burma Office has not received any funds from the European Union since
2012. We did not pay $2 million to Chairman Mutu Say Poe or to any ethnic
leader.
It
is insulting to insinuate that ethnic leaders can be bought. Why are such
claims being made? What is the writer hoping to achieve? That is the question.
Our
role in the Myanmar peace process is to facilitate a political dialogue between
all stakeholders to try to seek a just and equitable solution to the
seven-decades old civil war. We were invited to do so by the ethnic armed
organizations and the Government of U Thein Sein.
Anyone
interested in our work and what projects we support is invited to visit www.euro-burma.eu. We are audited
annually and our Annual Reports are available to all.
Harn Yawnghwe,
Executive Director, Euro-Burma Office.
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