CNI News
1 January 2022
Political observers are raising questions whether the year 2022 was a peace year as claimed by the State Administration Council chairman.
With lawlessness and armed resistance in the entire country, the year 2022 stepped farther away from peace, General Secretary Sai Leik told the CNI.
Sai Liek said, "Absolutely not. The year 2022 is marked by the most fierce armed resistance without lawlessness in the entire country. It was a year that stepped farther away from peace."
Mahn Win Khaing Than and PDFs.
The SAC chairman claimed that the year 2022 was the peace year and held talks with ten ethnic armed organizations.
Peace claimed by Snr Gen Min Aung Hlaing referred to peaceful resolution only with the ethnic armed organizations, Political Observer U Ye Tun told the CNI.
He told the CNI, "It is obvious whether peace can be restored or not. He was talking about peace deals not with the NUG and PDFs but with ethnic armed organizations. He said the NUG and PDFs were terrorists and must be eliminated. The NUG and PDFs also said that the military must be defeated and replaced by the people's army. So, they continue to fight each other."
Armed clashes broke out in the entire country in 2022 and it cannot be said that the peace process was successful, Political Observer U Than Soe Naing told the CNI.
Gen Yawd Seik and Snr Gen Min Aung Hlaing.
U Than Soe Naing told the CNI, "There were over 9,000 clashes between the PDFs led by the NUG and EAOs. More than 10,000 people were arrested and over one hundred people were sentenced to death. How can we say that the peace process was successful in 2022? The junta was holding talks with small armed groups which did not fight with it. So, the peace process was meaningless. It was a political joke."
Fighting has erupted between the military and resistance forces including the Kachin Independence Army, the Karenni National Progressive Party, the Chin National Front and the PDF in Karen State, Kayah (Karenni) State, Chin State, Magway Region and Sagaing Region.
