24 July

The relationship between the State and the people is very important. When I say State, I mean the whole machinery, both animate and inanimate, which keeps the country running, led by the Union Government. To become a State which is dependable, we need people who are dependable. At this time when the COVID disease is spreading all over the world, all countries are dealing with this problem in various ways. “People are the key”; we have placed our belief firmly on this. We place value on the people and derive our strength from the people. We are striving to overcome the dangers of this disease by building up the spirit of “all for one and one for all”. 

One of the measures taken by the Union Government is to make it possible for those citizens living in foreign countries to be able to return; because the infection rate of the disease is high in some foreign countries, we have to make special preparations to make sure that the infection does not spread from the returnees. 

(Excerpt from State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Facebook post on 13 June 2020)