CNI News

3 August 2023

The meeting and discussion between Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, chairman of the State Administration Council and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi probably will arise through the mediation of U Thein Sein, former President, said Col. Khun Okka, a leader of an ethnic armed organization to CNI News. 

Reviews relating to whether there might be dialogues between the SAC and DASSK arose among the political circle. 

Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing

There would be no direct negotiation between the SAC and DASSK for the time being and negotiations between the two sides would probably arise through U Thein Sein. But it seemed to less likely to become a negotiation between the two sides, said Col.Khun Okka.    

" I don't think there will be direct negotiation between the two sides. But there may be cooperation between U Thein Sein and DASSK. There may be cooperation between U Thein Sein and U Win Myint. From the indirect way of negotiation, they will gradually reach on the negotiation track. It is not enough to negotiate between these two groups. There are also EAOs and other political parties to negotiate. So, a focal point where all can meet will be created, I think." he said.

The SAC cut the prison term of the jailed head of the NLD, DASSK by six years on Tuesday and it also cut four years from the sentences against the country’s ousted president Win Myint. Before that, Mr. Don Pramudwinai, Thai Deputy Prime Minister told at the meeting of ASEAN Foreign Ministers in Jakarta, Indonesia on 11th July that he had met with DASSK in Myanmar on 9th July.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar politics was so complex that it was too difficult to say what political landscape would arise, said Daw Cho Cho Kyaw Nyein from the Federal Democratic Party to CNI News.
The Tatmadaw toppled down the NLD government on 1st February 2021 after saying the NLD was trying to form a government without solving the ballot dispute that took place in the 2020 general election and announced the state of emergency. 

After that, some NLD leaders including DASSK and U Win Myint were arrested. Some local organizations and international organizations are demanding the SAC to release political prisoners including DASSK and U Win Myint.