CNI News
16 March 2024
Young people in Myanmar have lost their future because armed people are carrying out to force young people to serve in the military by different processes, said youths and political circles.
Because of the People's Military Service Law approved by the State Administration Council as well as EAOs' forced recruitment, young people are worried and many of them are leaving for foreign countries reportedly.
Young people who cannot avoid being called up for military service by armed organizations have lost their ambitions. The reason why young people lose their future was related to the management of the leader who ruled the country and it had been since before, U Sein Win, former member of Pyithu Hluttaw (Maubin), told CNI News.
" When we analyze subjects that happened in the past, the reason why it's happening like this is because leaders don't know to appreciate seriously the future of young people. Governments that came to power are interested only in building houses, roads and bridges. They were not able to improve the knowledge of the people, the future education of the young people, and the technologies. Since then, to the best of my knowledge, there were three million of our people in Thailand. But now, there have been about five million. The number of our people left for Thailand was 30,000 a month on average, which I had read then. Young people are very important to the future. If the young people were wrong in their knowledge, it would be the fault of ruler. If the young people had no chance to work, it would be because of leaders' mismanagement. And then, it's right that the young people lost their future. But I'm carrying out so as not to make the young people's future lose as able as I can in accordance with the the people's desire." he said.
While seeing a member of the Tatmadaw on security duty
Because of forced recruitment in the areas that had been controlled by the EAOs in the pase, most young people had to flee to the cities such as Yangon, Mandalay and Sagaing and some of them had to leave for neighboring or other countries. At present, ward administrators are collecting the list of young people who must serve in the military in Yangon and Naypyidaw after the SAC had enacted the People's Military Service Law.
The intention of the recruitment of soldiers by EAOs was to protect their community and regions, Khun Wai Htoo, secretary-2 of the Pa-O National Federal Council (PNFC), told CNI News.
"The Military Council has been doing the forced recruitment of soldiers in the ethnic areas since before. Any men, women, adults or children in the ethnic areas were arrested as porters. The enactment of the people's military service law by the military council is nothing short of announcement that arresting the people to be porters has been legal. The intention of the military council is to make the people fight against or kill one another. The intention of non-Burman EAOs' recruitment is to protect their regions and community from attacks or bullying by successive military dictators' troops." he said.
At present, there are many armed organizations including Myanmar Tatmadaw, EAOs, Border Guard Force, Militia and the People's Defense Force and they are recruiting for many reasons.
