CNI News
29 March 2024
The role of the Tatmadaw was added to the 2008 Constitution for the ability of preparation to the historical weaknesses, said Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC).
He said the above at the anniversary celebration of the Tatmadaw held on 27th March 2024 and the role of the Tatmadaw was not for the sake of the Tatmadaw, but for the interests of the country, he said.
" Although the Tatmadaw of every country are different from one another in formation, strength and ambition, they have the same ambition that they must defense their countries. In the same way, constitutions may differ. Constitutions are enacted for the long-term interests. You can't say which constitution is right or wrong because they were enacted based on how their countries were built, their histories, ethnicity, religion, politics, economy and other basic facts. The main ambition of a constitution is national interests. The reason why the role of the Tatmadaw has been added to the constitution is in order to protect in advance from weaknesses that the country experienced in history. The provisions in the role of the Tatmadaw were not for the sake of the Tatmadaw but for the interests of the country." said Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing.
While seeing Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing
The NLD made electoral mistakes in the 2020 general election and tried to take the State power, and in order to prevent those illegal acts, the Tatmadaw took power temporarily, said Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing.
According to the 2008 Constitution, the Tatmadaw has got the 25 percent of the seats in the two Hluttaws without having to be elected. Moreover, the Tatmadaw can carry out military operations independently.
Because they did not get their rights politically, the ethnic groups were waging an armed revolution, and adding the role of the Tatmadaw to the 2008 Constitution was a matter that must be solved politically, U Tun Aung Kyaw, member of the Policy Steering Committee of the Arakan National Party (ANP), told CNI News.
During the military parade at the Tatmadaw Day ceremony
" Before Myanmar gained her independence in 1948, General Aung San and ethnic leaders signed the Panglong Agreement with a view to establishment of a federal union based on equal rights. But civil wars have broken out since 1949. Ethnic groups waged an armed resistance because, according to their announcements, they did not get their federal rights. Adding the role of the Tatmadaw to the 2008 Constitution is a matter that will be politically solved patiently. And then, the decease has been identified. But the medicine is not at all related to the decease." he said.
The 2008 Constitution was enacted to enable the Tatmadaw to participate in the leading role and any decision could not make if the Tatmadaw did not agree, which some people have reviewed.
The 2008 Constitution was approved on 29th May 2008.
