CNI News
4 October 2023
The Karen National Union (KNU) has seven brigades and some of the brigades recognize the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) and others don't, said U Than Soe Naing, a Myanmar political commentator, to CNI News.
Among the seven brigades of the KNU, five brigades don't recognize the NCA anymore and only two brigades want to go with the NCA, he said.
" Among the KNU's seven brigades, five brigades are participating in the Spring Revolution actively. So, not the whole KNU recognizes the NCA anymore. They are in a situation to go on participating in the public revolution in collaboration with the National Unity Government." said U Than Soe Naing.
A brigade of the KNU
However, the KNU has not announced officially that the NCA has been void. Moreover, Brigade-7 of the KNU announced that it would find the solution for the domestic stability and peace by political means on 14 September 2023.
Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing and former KNU chairman Saw Mutu Say Poe met and discussed about regional stability and peace on 30 September 2023.
The meeting confused the KNU forces and it did not have anything to do with the KNU, the KNU announced dated 2nd October, 2023.
The KNU brigades are different from one another in the political attitude and there are disagreements in relation to the peace, said Dr.Aung Myo,a Myanmar political commentator, to CNI News.
Eight ethnic armed organizations including the KNU were signing the NCA on 15 October 2015
" Former KNU chairman didn't come here on behalf of the KNU. But it has shown that there have been a lot of people in the KNU who want the peace. There have been disagreements in the KNU about the peace that we can deem. We don't see the Brigade-2 has a clear attitude to fight against the Tatmadaw. The Brigade-7 is quiet almost at all. The Brigade-4 in Dawei region is staying quietly and in fact, Kawthulay Army and PDFs are active there.The Brigade-7 has been active and the Brigade-5 is the most active." said Dr.Aung Myo.
Because the Tatmadaw had taken the State power, the NCA had been void, which Pado Sawta Do Hmu, general secretary of the KNU said at the KNU's press conference held on 10 August 2023
At present, NCA signatories - the KNU, the Chin National Front (CNF) and the All Burma Students Democratic Front (ABSDF) are at battles against the Tatmadaw.
Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing has said that 8th Anniversary Celebration of the NCA will be held and both NCA signatories and NCA non-signatories have been invited to attend the event.
