Political Role of Myanmar Sangha after the General Election in 2015

Abstract

           This aims to study 1) the political relations between Burmese monks and the general public. Political parties 2) the roles of monks with the government's political policy regarding the Rohingya race. This research is a qualitative research. Study from documents related to the political roles of Myanmar monks in Thai, English and Myanmar. By use methodological triangulation. It is explained through phenomena (events), documents and evidence.

            The research found that 1) the relationship between Burmese monks and people, political related persons, found that the relationship between Burmese monks who have been involved in politics since the past in the era of monks, which certainly has a role in the relationship to support each other. And later, during the time that the monks used the nationalist movement to oppose the British government and entered the era of anti-military government and led to the election of democracy after 2015. 2) the role of the Burmese and Roi Yaya The role of monks in creating nationalism through nationalism through discourse "Preventing Muslims" in the role of monks by campaigning to protect Buddhism leads to racial conflicts from the state to international opinions on human rights.