Adjusting to Myanmar's reform mood

Myanmars political reforms, as we know them, were essentially derived from the former military regimes 7-Point Road Map of August 2003, which was the orchestrated product of decade-long military plan for an orderly transfer of power. Its credibility was low because it was not a truly inclusive process at all, especially once the National League for Democracy (NLD) walked out of the military regimes National Convention in 1995. It was, moreover, followed quite closely by what appeared to be a major set-back in the form of a purge of early military reformers led by Prime Minister (and General) Khin Nyunt in October 2004.