CNI News

14 December 2023

The State Administration Council possibly invited armed groups to resolve through political means because it didn't want the country not to be destroyed, Dr.Aye Maung, chairman of the Arakan Front Party told CNI News. 

Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, chairman of the State Administration Council said on 4th December that Loikaw in Kayah State was destroyed due to battles and it was difficult to be reconstructed, and in sympathy with the fact that the local people were innocent victims amidst the battles, it would be necessary to find a political solution.

Rulers of the country were finding ways to solve the problem of towns and villages being damaged due to the current battles, said Dr.Aye Maung.

Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing

" You might not have sympathy for the victims of war if you had no experience of the war during the domestic conflict that has been 75 years long. The soldiers of the Tatmadaw will see the troubles more. They must have seen that their colleagues lost their lives when they had to fight because of orders without hatred. Towns and villages are being damaged. Because the parents were in trouble, they couldn't send their children to school. The food has run out. The people had to leave their native villages. The people had to flee to other countries as refugees. Due to the battles, Loikaw has been damaged in Kayah State and so has Thantlan in Chin State and so has Pauktaw in Rakhine State. Moreover, Namkham and Theinni in northern Shan State have been damaged as well. Rulers of the country will think about how to negotiate and discuss as an alternative." he said.

Armed conflicts have been taking place in the border areas due to political changes after 1st February 2021. After that, the armed conflict is taking place in the mainland area where the conflict had not broken out before. Solving the political problems by political means was better for both the country and the people, U Li Paw Reh, chairman of the Lisu National Development Party (Dulei Party) told CNI News.

While seeing leaders from the three northern alliance groups

" Solving political problems by political means is better for both the country and its people. If the battles are breaking out, fighters from both sides are all our citizens. The war expenses spent by both sides are also national funds. It will be best to discuss it at the table and settle it." he said.

The Tatmadaw and Three Brotherhood Alliance agreed to a temporary ceasefire from 11th to 31st December because of the Chinese mediation. 

Neighbouring Countries, some EAOs and political parties as well as the UN and ASEAN are trying to solve the domestic armed conflict.