CNI News

6 December 2023

Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC), said at the meeting held on 4th December that the union must not be completely disintegrated. 

The union system based on democracy and federalism that the SAC is implementing has already contained all the points that armed groups are demanding and if the our three main national causes: non-disintegration of the Union, non-disintegration of the national solidarity, perpetuation of national sovereignty were affected, regions and locals concerned would suffer the bad consequences, he said.

" The Union system based on democracy and federalism that we are implementing has already contained all the points that armed groups are demanding and the Union must not be disintegrated. We are carrying out the our three main national causes: non-disintegration of the Union, non-disintegration of the national solidarity, perpetuation of national sovereignty as a national duty. The nation has been built by the constitution based on the our three main national causes. Since it is well-established, it will not be affected at all. If the terrorists harmed these our three main causes, locals only would suffer the resulting consequences." said Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing.

Some ethnic people holding Myanmar national flag

Because the houses and buildings in Loikaw were damaged due to the battles breaking out inside Loikaw, it had been very hard to reconstruct them and local people had to be innocent victims, he said. Armed conflicts are taking place across the country due to political changes after 1st February 2021.

It was up to authority organizations not to disintegrate the Union, U Li Paw Reh, chairman of the Lisu National Development Party (Dulei Party) told CNI News. 

" It will be the best if the Union was not disintegrated. But armed groups are not trying to disintegrate the Union. Some EAOs are fighting for their regions and for their nationalities. They have not said that they would build separate countries after separating from the Union. Everyone wants the Union not to be disintegrated. But it's mainly up to the governments not to disintegrate the Union." he said.

While seeing the KNDF force fighting against the Tatmadaw in Loikaw City, Kayah State

The emergence of ethnic armed organizations was not because they wanted to disintegrate the Union but because EAOs wanted quality, right to self-determination and  self-governing rights, he said.

The battles are currently breaking out between the Tatmadaw and some EAOs/PDF joint forces in Karen, Kayah, Rakhine, Chin States, Sagaing and Magway Regions.