CNI News

21 Mar 2023

She accepted the chair of the Arakan Liberation Party because the party central committee proposed her to take the helm of the party, Daw Saw Mya Yazar Lin told the CNI.

Six months after the new politburo was formed, she was urged to take the helm of the party and she accepted the post in consultation with commanders during the leadership crisis.

She told the CNI, "The majority in the party has hoped to see me as a leader for a long time. To be precise, since six months after the formation of the new politburo, I have been urged to take the helm of the party. During the recent leadership crisis, I held consultations with our commanders online and they proposed that I take the chair of the party. So, I accepted the proposal. And Vice Chairman Khaing Ni Aung is a veteran politician, who has been working with the former Chairman Khaing Moe Lin in the Moelin Yazar Column. He might be old but we must respect him for his experience. So, they elected us as the chair and the vice chair of the party."

A statement on the restructuring of the ALP.

Daw Saw Mya Yazar Lin was the vice chairperson of the party and the ALP issued a statement about the restructuring of the party on 19th March, 2023. She was appointed as the chairperson and Khaing Ni Aung was named as the vice chairman, according to the statement.

After the restructuring of the party, she promised to carry out peace and development tasks in Rakhine State and in the entire country.

She told the CNI, "We will work for the stability and development of Rakhine State as much as possible in negotiation with the government. Whichever government takes office, we will talk about peace with it. We are always thinking about peace and development for the people. We are making constant efforts to carry out such tasks."

Daw Saw Mya Yazar Lin and Snr Gen Min Aung Hlaing.

In January, 2022, the then chairman Khaing Ye Khaing and the faction led by Daw Saw Mya Yazar Ling dismissed the then vice chairman Khaing Soe Naing Aung after accusing him of forming a new party.

After the restructuring of the party, former chairman Khaing Ye Khaing was not included in the leaders of the party.

The ALP is one of the ten signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement.